The Blum Collection

Phillips de Pury & Company to auction The Blum Collection

Swatch is proud to announce Phillips de Pury’s upcoming sale at auction of an extraordinary collection of Swatch watches.

One of the most complete collections its kind, this fascinating of assembly of more than 4,350 items includes a large number of prototypes, hybrids and production variants never offered for sale to the public. Many of the prototypes date from the exciting development period immediately prior to commercial release of the first Swatch watches in the early 1980s, and are thus extremely rare. Assembled by the Swiss businessman Peter Blum and his wife, Linda, the collection contains notable examples of the celebrated relationship between Swatch and Art.

The Blum Collection sale, to be handled by art auction house Phillips de Pury, will be held in Hong Kong on 24th November this year. The Blum Collection will be sold as a single lot, the final lot of an 8 lot auction. Artworks from the Swatch archives will be featured in the preceding lots, including works by Alessandro Mendini, Vivienne Westwood and Paolo Pininfarina.

The Exhibitions

• New York
  Date : 17th - 22nd Sept 2011
  Venue: Phillips de Pury & Company 2011-09-17 - 2011-09-22
  450 Park Avenue, New York 10022
  
  
• London
  Date : 18th - 25th Oct 2011
  Venue: Phillips de Pury & Company 2011-10-18 - 2011-10-25
  Howick Place London SW1P 1BB
  
  
• Shanghai
  Date : 5th - 10th Nov 2011
  Venue : The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, 2011-11-01 - 2011-11-06
  23 East Nanjing Road (Bund 19), Shanghai 200002, PRC

The Auction

• Hong Kong
  Date : 24th Nov 2011
  Venue : Four Seasons Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2011-11-24 - 2011-11-24
  8 Finance Street Central, Hong Kong, PRC

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