ADMINISTRATORS are trying to save the Sherborne-based antiques business, Dodge & Son.
Directors called administrators Sam Talby and Jerry O'Sullivan of South West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming.
They aim to save the business as a going concern and have set up a stock sale to generate more cash.
Mr Talby said: "Our aim is to do everything possible to help rescue this company as a going concern by managing the business through a tough trading period."
The administrators have only been called in for the Dodge & Son antiques business and not any other related businesses.
The business was closed for four days while the stock was marked down. The store is due to re-open on September 24 and 25 from 9am to 10pm for invited purchasers.
The sale will then open to the general public on September 26 and run until October 12 from the company's premises in Sherborne.
Mr Talby said: "All prices in the sale will be competitively discounted."
The company's controlling director Simon Dodge took independent advice from the business recovery specialists at Bishop Fleming before deciding to make the administrative appointments. The move was aimed at protecting the business, its creditors, and its four employees.
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