Fieldings
Fieldings was founded by Will Farmer and Nicholas Davies in 2001. In 2023 Davies passed his majority shareholding to Farmer and the management team of Judith Woolgar and Rachel Holland.
Monthly auctions are held at the Stourbridge saleroom in the West Midlands as well as dedicated sales in fields such as fine art and antiques, glass and ceramics.
Farmer who sowed Decades of Design sale format seeds
06 November 2017Stourbridge auctioneer Will Farmer held the first of his biannual Decades of Design sales at Fieldings (17.5% buyer’s premium) 12 years ago and rather wishes he had copyrighted the phrase – now almost a generic term for post-1860 dec arts sales.
Wigan artist shines through
11 September 2017Fieldings’ picture consultant William Lacey said he could remember a time 30 years ago when works by Wigan artist James Lawrence Isherwood (1917-89) could be bought for £30-40.
Pick of the Week: Marble sculpture of cupid sets house record at Fieldings
11 September 2017Fieldings of Stourbridge set a new house record earlier this month when Emanuele Caroni’s (1826-76) marble sculpture of cupid taming the lion sold at £91,000 (plus 24% premium).
Punch’s cartoonist Partridge plays his part as theatre artist
11 September 2017One of the less commonly known facts about Sir John Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), the lead cartoonist at Punch magazine, was that he had a spell as an actor in his youth.
Meet the Firmstones
28 August 2017The Grade II-listed Wordsley Manor has an unusual aspect – it lies in the middle of a sprawling 20th century housing estate.
Auction successes win more Zulu War medal consignments
03 April 2017A successful sale tempts further consignments. The recent string of excellent results for Zulu War medals has certainly encouraged fresh batches of honours to auctioneers.
Bromsgrove Guild garden statue takes £35,000
19 March 2013This lead copy of Louis Weingartner’s 19th century bronze ‘Dryad and Boar’ was found hidden away in an overgrown garden before it was recently consigned to auction.
Swiss statue in Stourbridge
07 March 2013Originally cast in bronze by Swiss sculptor Louis Weingartner in 1892, this 20th century lead statue by the Bromsgrove Guild entitled ‘Dryad and Boar’ will be offered at Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge on March 9.
Roadster set to race away in Stourbridge
21 December 2012This classic red two-seater 1954 MG TF 1500 Roadster will be auctioned at Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge on January 12.
The personal effects of a Scottish pirate
27 June 2012A highlight at Fieldings Auctioneers’ July 7 sale in Stourbridge is a box containing personal effects reputed to have belonged to Captain William Kidd, the well-known Scottish sailor who was convicted of piracy and hanged in London on May 23, 1701.
Selling at £34,000, Limehouse at its absolute best
23 January 2012THE small factory at Limehouse, operating on the banks of the Thames just to the east of the Tower of London from 1745-1748, was one of the pioneers of English porcelain manufacture.
Back to first principles – and profits for Clarice Cliff
13 June 2009WHEN a market softens, it is often best to return to first principles – the core values of condition, market freshness and pricing that can be overlooked when an area of collecting really ‘takes off’.
Tile hoard proves discovery of a lifetime
02 February 2008Born and bred in the environs of Birmingham, Sheila Hughes (1937-2006) first began collecting tiles in the early 1970s.
Rare and not-so-rare Liberty
18 August 2004PICTURED here are two pieces of Liberty & Co metalwork sold by Fieldings (12.5% buyers premium) of Hagley on July 17. The 8in (20cm) high pewter timepiece, top right, with a central copper and enamel dial with two enamel cabochons to the base, is a recorded design by Archibald Knox. The case, still with original patina, is fitted with a Lenzkirch brass bodied movement (the original key fitted to the door) and the base stamped 0370 Tudric.
Daimonomageia discussed…
10 June 2004AN undated medical volume offered as part of a May 8 antiques sale held by Fieldings of Stourbridge brought a bid of £430.
Langley-lover triumphs again
09 June 2004THE West Midlands auctioneers Fieldings (12.5% buyer’s premium) are making something of a habit of getting impressive prices for market-fresh watercolours by the Newlyn School painter Walter Langley (1852-1922).
Sale of faience ware charger at Fieldings
19 May 2004RIGHT: the faience wares decorated by Louis Kramer for Burmantofts between 1887 and 1890 are among the most coveted productions of the Yorkshire factory. So there was lots of interest among academics, collectors and dealers prior to the May 8 sale at Fieldings of Stourbridge in this fully signed 18in (46cm) diameter charger.
Broadfield scoop the Oscars as Stourbridge vases come to light
19 April 2004OSCAR Pierre Erard is one of the many shadowy figures who occupy the record books of the 19th century glass industry in Stourbridge.
An underrated library chair is a £5000 best seller
15 April 2004OF the 830 lots offered in Fieldings (12.5% buyer's premium) February 28 sale, a painting provided the highest price but a chair the biggest surprise.
When Newlyn is still a prize catch...
16 March 2004WITH collectors’ taste in Modern British art shifting in recent years from pre-war to post-war, the once all-conquering Newlyn School has not generated as many headline-stealing results as it did in the late 1980s.
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