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• 29 quai de Bergues

  Geneva

  Switzerland   1201

  Telephone : 00 41 22 906 8010

  Fax : 00 41 22 906 8011

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

  Email : info@phillipsdepury.com

• 25-26 Albermarle Street

  London , Greater London

  United Kingdom   W1S 4HX

  Telephone : 0207 318 4010

  Fax : 0207 493 6396

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

  Email : administrator@phillipsdepury.com

• 3 West 57th

  New York , New York

  USA   10019

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

• 9 Howick Place

  London , Greater London

  United Kingdom   SW1

  Telephone : +44 20 7318 4010

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

  Email : administrator@phillipsdepury.com

• Bloomsbury Square

  London

  United Kingdom   WC1A 2EB

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

• 11 quai du Mont-Blanc

  Geneva

  Switzerland  

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

• 450 Park Avenue

  New York , New York

  USA   10022

  Telephone : +1 212 940 1300

  Fax : +1 212 924 3306

  Website : http://www.phillipsdepury.com

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• 
  Phillips de Pury & Company’s
  
  Phillips was founded in London in 1796 by Harry Phillips formerly senior clerk to James Christie. During his first year of business, Phillips conducted 12 successful auctions and soon the business was holding sales for some of the most distinguished collectors of the day including Marie Antoinette, Beau Brummel and Napoleon.
  
  To win business, Phillips combined business acumen with a flair for showmanship introducing new ways to promote his sales such as elaborate evening receptions before auctions-an essential part of the auction business today. Phillips quickly gained the confidence of the British aristocracy and remains the only auction house ever to have held a sale inside Buckingham Palace.
  
  When he died in 1840, Harry Phillips' son, William Augustus inherited the strong and successful legacy and business. In 1879, William changed the firm's name to Messrs Phillips & Son and then in 1882, William brought his son-in-law, Frederick Neale into the business and the company was renamed again as Phillips, Son & Neale. This name remained through the 19th Century up until the 1970s when the company became Phillips. The company had a reputation for strong regional salerooms dotted throughout The British Isles. Phillips sold everything from furniture, curiosities, art, armour, coins and estate collections.
  
  In 1999, the company was bought by Bernard Arnault, the chairman of the French luxury good brand, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH). Shortly after the transaction, Mr. Arnault merged with the esteemed private art dealers, Simon de Pury and Daniela Luxembourg who were operating the Impressionist and Modern art gallery, de Pury & Luxembourg in Zurich. The new team at Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg with headquarters on East 57th street held sales in Impressionist, American and Modern works of art in addition to watches and jewelry and design.
  
  In 2002, de Pury & Luxembourg took majority control of the company and in 2003, Simon de Pury moved the headquarters to the Meatpacking district in Chelsea which at the time was just beginning to sprout as the international art district. With a new remit to focus solely on the sale of the best works of Contemporary Art, Design, Jewelry and Photography, Phillips de Pury & Company began business in the spectacular and spacious gallery setting on 15th Street overlooking the celebrated Highline railway and Hudson River. It is in this space today, where Simon de Pury, his partners and team of specialists are dedicated to the company's unique approach to the auction market.
  
  In October 2008, Mercury Group, the Russian luxury retail company, acquired majority share of Phillips de Pury & Company to further enable the company’s expansion.
  
  
  Phillips de Pury & Company’s global headquarters are located in Chelsea, the heart of New York’s gallery and arts district. The loft gallery and saleroom housed in the Milk Galleries have soaring ceilings and panoramic views of the Hudson River and lower Manhattan.