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The 'CCCC & Fielding's Auction No. 1' FULL results, analysis and report : by our reporter Doreen Mann

Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 08:06 GMT by adhutton:

The Fielding’s and Clarice Cliff Collectors Club Auction No. 1 at Fielding’s Auctioneers StourbridgeSaturday 31 May
Sale report, results and analysis
by CCCC reporter Doreen Mann

(This is just a 'taster', one of FIVE features about our Convention weekend - to see all these and a lot more why not join the CCCC?)
The much anticipated Fieldings/CCCC first sale proved to be an outstanding success for all concerned. The hard work put in by Will Farmer and his team certainly hit the right spot with CCCC members and new buyers alike as there was truly “something for everyone”. This was illustrated with estimates ranging from £30 to £7,000, a very broad canvas.
A brand new auction catalogue format with condition reports made it a refreshing and informative approach.
The division of the lots into 'Landscapes & Cottages', 'Abstract & Geometric', 'Fruit & Florals', and 'Having a little fun at my work' was a fabulous and original concept! The added incentive of the ‘Clarice in Context’ exhibition, also staged by Fieldings, made it a truly superb weekend.

THE SALE (all prices are hammer)
Of the 267 lots offered, 41 lots were priced at under £100; 79 between £100-£250 inclusive, and 45 lots from the £250-£500 price range, a broad spectrum that was enthusiastically received by bidders.
We know from previous research that club members, 'Cliffies' are 'happiest' within this under £500 price range, although many will go further to £1,000 plus for favoured items.
There was a good selection of “high end” items/price estimates. The wide-ranging estimates whet the appetite of several bidders new to Clarice Cliff and I hope this less elitist approach continues, as we all too often see young aspiring Cliff design fans ‘putting up with’ reproduction pieces.
The Top 5 prices realised were:
Joint 1. A Diamonds Early Morning set and the Gibraltar 358 vase at £2,800.
3. Sliced Circle Tonquin shape Water Jug and Bowl at £2,600.
4. Red Autumn Lotus at £2,500, and
5. Gibraltar 383 Conical bowl at £2,000.
All prices quoted are hammer prices.
Incidentally, the top 25 highest sold lots were priced between £540 and £2,800, and there was a great selection of every shape imaginable whether it was vases, tea/coffee pots and part sets, preserve pots, plates, cruet sets, jugs, toast racks, etc.
A delightful aspect to this sale was a superb collection of napkin rings, again broad-ranging in patterns which enticed many would-be buyers.
All in all, a very successful sale with 70% sold, and long may this broad canvas and fantastic atmosphere continue in our new relationship with Fieldings.
Doreen Mann
The next report will cover the Saturday social and Sunday Convention
Full results (hammer price) by lot number:
'Landscapes & Cottages' : 2 £95.00 - 3 £150.00 - 4 £160.00 - 5 £300.00 - 6 £300.00 - 7 £210.00 - 8 £150.00 - 9 £200.00 - 10 £165.00 - 12 £85.00 - 13 £145.00 - 15 £220.00 - 17 £840.00 - 18 £410.00 - 19 £250.00 - 20 £600.00 - 21 £260.00 - 22 £250.00 - 25 £300.00 - 26 £155.00 - 27 £440.00 - 28 £230.00 - 29 £200.00 - 32 £490.00 - 33 £2,800.00 - 34 £980.00 - 36 £400.00 - 37 £260.00 - 38 £430.00 - 39 £165.00 - 40 £150.00 - 41 £80.00 - 42 £82.00 - 43 £100.00 - 44 £62.00 - 45 £68.00 - 46 £62.00 - 47 £80.00 - 48 £2,500.00 - 51 £310.00 - 53 £720.00 - 56 £420.00 - 57 £260.00 - 58 £290.00 - 60 £190.00 - 61 £80.00 - 62 £145.00 - 63 £120.00 - 70 £305.00 - 76 £600.00 - 78 £2,000.00 - 79 £170.00 - 83 £580.00 - 84 £1,800.00 - 86 £420.00 - 88 £190.00 - 89 £130.00 - 90 £125.00 - 91 £75.00 - 92 £55.00 - 93 £130.00 - 96 £150.00 - 96 A £70.00 - 97 £210.00 - 98 £280.00 - 99 £135.00 - 100 £125.00
'Abstract & Geometric' : 101 £210.00 - 102 £180.00 - 103 £190.00 - 104 £115.00 - 105 £80.00 - 106 £255.00 - 107 £125.00 - 108 £460.00 - 109 £175.00 - 111 £2,600.00 - 113 £540.00 - 117 £80.00 - 119 £115.00 - 120 £92.00 - 121 £92.00 - 122 £62.00 - 123 £400.00 - 126 £115.00 - 127 £400.00 - 128 £150.00 - 129 £300.00 - 130 £2,800.00 - 131 £1,500.00 - 135 £720.00 - 136 £200.00 - 137 £95.00 - 138 £350.00 - 139 £180.00 - 140 £210.00 - 141 £1,020.00 - 142 £590.00 - 146 £125.00 - 147 £160.00 - 148 £180.00 - 149 £40.00 - 150 £95.00 - 153 £650.00 - 154 £120.00 - 155 £200.00 - 156 £260.00 - 157 £310.00 - 159 £195.00
'Fruit & Florals' : 161 £125.00 - 163 £340.00 - 164 £150.00 - 165 £165.00 - 166 £150.00 - 167 £380.00 - 168 £185.00 - 169 £200.00 - 170 £145.00 - 172 £210.00 - 173 £290.00 - 173 A £120.00 - 174 £170.00 - 175 £280.00 - 176 £80.00 - 177 £710.00 - 177 A £230.00 - 179 £250.00 - 180 £125.00 - 181 £360.00 - 182 £270.00 - 184 £200.00 - 186 £390.00 - 187 £1,220.00 - 192 £110.00 - 195 £490.00 - 196 £180.00 - 198 £68.00 - 199 £70.00 - 200 £55.00 - 202 £62.00 - 203 £105.00 - 204 £80.00 - 205 £62.00 - 206 £62.00 - 208 £1,600.00 - 209 £460.00 - 212 £110.00 - 213 £125.00 - 214 £150.00 - 218 £35.00 - 219 £100.00 - 220 £70.00 - 221 £92.00 - 222 £50.00 - 224 £540.00 - 229 £350.00 - 231 £780.00 - 232 £160.00 - 234 £125.00 - 235 £60.00 - 236 £125.00 - 239 £62.00 - 240 £125.00 - 241 £90.00 - 242 £40.00 - 243 £450.00 - 245 £140.00 - 246 £100.00 - 248 £60.00 - 249 £500.00 - 250 £250.00 - 251 £200.00 - 252 £300.00 - 253 £620.00 - 254 £75.00 - 255 £70.00 - 256 £230.00
'Having a little fun at my work' : 257 £400.00 - 259 £370.00 - 260 £210.00 - 261 £600.00 - 262 £300.00 - 263 £410.00 - 264 £60.00 - 265 £200.00 - 266 £40.00 - 267 £100.00
www.fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk
Thanks to Doreen for the report and Doreen Arthur, and Mike for the images

Another original story with Fantasque Flash technology, from the ORIGINAL
Clarice Cliff Collectors Club ~ we have been holding Conventions for 'Cliffies' since 1987
You can comment on this story in the Open ForumOr, just e-mail us : clarion@claricecliff.com
Thank You
I M P O R T A N T -
'The Clarice Cliff Collectors Club' was founded in 1982 and is based in Clarice's home county, Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. We are proud to be the only club to provide a full service to Clarice Cliff collectors around the World: an on-line magazine updated weekly, an 'open' discussion forum, regular Conventions and socials, and we now stage TWO ALL Clarice Cliff auctions a year thanks to our friends at Fielding's Auctioneers

Joining the CCCC in 2008
Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 13:34 GMT by adhutton:

Good reasons…..to join the CCCC
in this our 26th Year
from the team at claricecliff.com

Our 26th year has already been very memorable. The CCCC ‘has come of age’, as we held our first auction courtesy of Fielding's, Stourbridge, we appointed a network of reporters, and also announced our Patron, Professor Flavia Swann, owner of Clarice's former home, Chetwynd House.
Will Farmer of Fielding's was just a young collector at one of our Conventions in the early 1990s but is now staging ALL Clarice Cliff auctions. Fittingly, there are in conjunction with the CCCC. This means we have now ACHIEVED many of the things we know collectors seek: a weekend auction making it available to everyone, not a select few; a more sensible lower rate for buyers and sellers, and a full club event alongside the auction.
We said at the beginning of 2008 that THIS was ‘the year’ to be a club member, and we feel we have easily kept that promise! There is more news for CCCC members in the Clarion.
We will also have other ‘perks’ for members later in the year !
For club membership details please check our front page.
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T H E club for Cliffies….
The Clarice Cliff Collectors Club

The CCCC logo device and portrait of Clarice Cliff are Copyright 2008 to the Clarice Cliff Collectors Club
You can comment on this story in the Open Forum
Or, just e-mail us : clarion@claricecliff.com
Thank You
I M P O R T A N T
'The Clarice Cliff Collectors Club' was founded in 1982 and is based in Clarice's home county, Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. We are proud to be the only club to provide a full service to Clarice Cliff collectors around the World: an on-line magazine updated weekly, an 'open' discussion forum, regular Conventions and socials, and we now stage ALL Clarice Cliff Auctions thanks to our friends at Fielding's Auctioneers

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 - 09:45 GMT by adhutton:

The Clarice Cliff Collectors Club 2008 Convention

The 2008 Convention ran from Friday 30 May to Sunday 1 June, at Fielding's, Stourbridge near Birmingham.
Coverage of the weekend is now in the member's area, the Clarion.

The Fielding’s & CCCC Auction No. 1 on 31 May - a sponsored feature
Posted Monday, December 31, 2007 - 09:09 GMT by adhutton:

The Fielding’s & CCCC Auction No. 1 ...
Will Farmer and Leonard Griffin on the first sale
and a link to the full catalogue
Sale date Saturday 31 May
a sponsored feature
Will: Looking back over my diary I’m shocked to see how quickly the months have flown by. It was just SO exciting that I was able to draw together the perfect mix of people to stage an ALL Clarice Cliff auction. What an incredible change compared to 20 years ago when I went to the CCCC Convention as an (over?) enthusiastic 14 year old! From my first meeting at Len’s in Staffordshire discussing the event, and creating new ways to stage it seems like only yesterday.
Len: I lost count many years ago of how many auctions I have been to seeking yet more Clarice. I remember a Trees and House vase selling in Nottingham for £33, buying the most expensive Applique plate ever (ouch) in London, and getting a PAIR of Rudyard 366 vases in Chester for £220. Yet, after all these years nothing has matched the excitement of finally being able to put my heart and soul into THIS new auction.
Will: Over the last few months I’ve literally been north, south, east and west covering thousands of miles collecting all the fantastic lots. The last few days saw a few hurried phone calls and last minute arrangements resulting in a sale that has 267 lots!
Len: I was delighted when Will revealed his plans for the catalogue. It's a new idea, where the grouping of the lots is so logical it's amazing no one thought of it before. This enabled myself and our webmaster Andrew Hutton to write some rather different notes for the catalogue.
Will: I have many more surprises and announcements to make! The sale I set out to bring you has come to fruition. I have a great range of shapes and patterns that will quite literally suit all pockets with estimates starting from £30.
We have a GREAT selection of affordable plates and we reveal them here for the first time. We have not one but four tea for two services in patterns from Blue Chintz to Solitude, we have many Isis vases and Lotus jugs including a wonderful Sunray example and a beautiful Farmhouse piece.
There’s also a great range of Bonjour and Conical sugar sifters in a range of landscape patterns and so many different vases from classic Crocus to Double V.
Len: I was impressed when Will told me he had Andy Muir taking the catalogue images, as only a true 'Cliffie' knows the best angle to photograph a vase and Andy has also taken both the front and back views of some pieces.
See the full sale catalogue on-line here:
SALE CATALOGUE
You can browse the first images using the arrow controls on the FantasqueFlash presentation…

All images copyright 2008 Fielding’s Auctioneers Ltd:
www.fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk
CCCC members will get a complimentary catalogue by 25 May

Another original story with Fantasque Flash technology, from the ORIGINAL
Clarice Cliff Collectors Club ~ we celebrated 25 years in 2007
You can comment on this story in the Open Forum
Or, just e-mail us : clarion@claricecliff.com
Thank You
I M P O R T A N T
'The Clarice Cliff Collectors Club' was founded in 1982 and is based in Clarice's home county, Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. We are proud to be the only club to provide a full service to Clarice Cliff collectors around the World: an on-line magazine updated weekly, an 'open' discussion forum, regular Conventions and socials, and we now stage ALL Clarice Cliff Auctions thanks to our friends at Fielding's Auctioneers