PRESS RELEASE
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY ANNOUNCES ITS SATURDAY@PHILLIPS AUCTION:
THE ECLECTIC SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHS AND
JEWELRY ON APRIL 26 IN NEW YORK
SATURDAY@PHILLIPS TO LAUNCH CONTEMPORARY FASHION CATEGORY,
JOINING EMERGENT AUCTION CATEGORIES VINTAGE WATCHES AND ART TOYS
TASTEMAKERS IRINA LAZAREANU, SIMON HAMMERSTEIN AND MAXWELL
GILLINGHAM-RYAN FEATURED IN THE SATURDAY@PHILLIPS LIFESTYLE AUCTION
CATALOGUE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – April 17 – Phillips de Pury & Company will break new ground in the auction world with the
introduction of its Contemporary Fashion category in its Saturday@Phillips New York sale on April 26, at 10
am and 2pm.
Saturday@Phillips is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary auction of Contemporary Art and Photography,
Design and Jewelry. With the bold introduction of its fashion category, and with the growth of its Art Toys
and vintage Watches categories, Saturday@Phillips continues to be a cultural reference point for young art
collectors, idiosyncratic tastemakers, budding designers, toy fanatics and fashionistas who seek the thrill
of the hunt at this exciting live auction.
The lush Saturday@Phillips lifestyle auction catalogue reflects the unerring sense of style and vast
knowledge of Phillips de Pury & Company’s team of specialists, who propose three influential tastemakers
to anchor each eclectic issue. The three Phillips de Pury Tastemakers featured in the April 26 catalogue
are: Irina Lazareanu the iconic model and musician, Simon Hammerstein of New York’s experimental
cabaret The Box, and Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan of apartmenttherapy.com, all of whom discuss their
personal wish-lists from the upcoming sale and confess to their private collecting obsessions.
The first fashion line featured in Saturday@Phillips is Electric Feathers, created by New York-based
designer Leana Zuñiga. Each one-of-a-kind item has been created exclusively for Phillips de Pury &
Company including handcrafted, knotted jewelry pieces designed in collaboration with Alyssa Norton.
Special attention is paid to each garment’s textile and silhouette, exemplified in a slate blue silk poncho
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dress with a spectacular ikat woven pattern estimated at $500-$700, or in a delicate, hand-linked, brass
chain link vest, estimated at $400-$600. Electric Feathers is creatively showcased in the Saturday@Phillips
catalogue in a 12-page fashion editorial shot by KT Auleta and starring Irina Lazareanu.
The booming popularity of Art Toys, or “designer vinyl” reflects our cultural fascination with the collision
between fine art and street culture. Saturday@Phillips not only offers its collectors the rare opportunity to
mine for classic Japanese fantasy toys based on anime and manga subcultures such as a 3-headed Ghidorah
(estimated at $1,500-2,000) figurine, but to bid on their contemporary toy descendants veering closer to
graffiti art, music and skate culture. A rare figurine from KAWS (street moniker for graffiti artist Brian
Donnelly) embodies this shift in Dissected Companion (Five Years Later), a 15” figure paying homage to both
the pop icon Mickey Mouse and obliquely, to the visceral artwork of Damien Hirst. KAWS’ sublime
commentary on the superficiality – and the innards – of pop culture iconography is valued at $1,000-1,500.
A pair of 1:6 scale, Daft Punk figurines is a dream find for toy, fashion and music fanatics, with both figures
wearing replica outfits based on the original Dior Homme by Hedi Slimane ensembles. The fully-jointed
figures in the Daft Punk Real Action Figure Set, estimated at $400-600, come with removable sets of hands
molded into pre-determined “rock” gestures. As the Daft Punk figurines were never offered for sale in the
US, this Saturday@Phillips auction will be a rare opportunity for Stateside collectors.
Important toys from artists Steve Forde,Tim Buskup, James Jarvis and Junko Mizuno will also be part of
the April 26 sale.
Art collectors and savvy decorators will be quick to pick out Julian Opie’s View from My Bedroom Window,
2007. This signed, Opie animation LCD screen is a clever, computerized take on the classical landscape.
Subtle color shifts mimic light changes over a continuously-renewed digital day. Julian Opie’s View from
My Bedroom Window is estimated at $3,000-4,000.
A number of psychedelic Takashi Murakami offset lithographs, including the swirling 727-727, 2006,
estimated at $2,000-3,000, will be available, plus diverse photography from Kim-Joon, Helmut Newton,
Cindy Sherman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Sherrie Levine and Nan Goldin.
Luxury timepieces never go out of style, and are a classic first investment for many young collectors.
This Saturday@Phillips auction features a rare set of vintage Omega watches, including the Omega
Seamaster Chronograph (Anakin Skywalker) estimated at $2,500-3,500. This manual-winding, 1969
timepiece in a tungsten-bombarded case was bestowed with its unusual nickname by noted watch expert
Chuck Maddox. Watch connoisseurs will also note that that “Anakin Skywalker” shares the same caliber 861
found in the Omega “Moon Watch” – the official wristwatch of NASA. Pop culture enthusiasts may be
attracted to a pair of Depraz and Dugena Cassius Clay watches, with the lot estimated at $200-300.
The whimsical timepieces feature iconic images of “The Greatest” in rhodium-plated cases.
A strong selection of innovative 1970s furniture designs from Karl Springer, Gabriella Crespi, Max Sauze
and Vladimir Kagan are on offer, including a notable Pierre Cardin DiningTable from 1970. This sculptural,
smoked-glass and steel table with a brass-plated base is stamped with the chic “Pierre Cardin” signature
and is estimated at $8,000-12,000. Saturday@Phillips continues to be an accessible design resource for
coveted mid-century Eames pieces including the “RAR” rockers and “CTW” coffee tables and a stylized
1989 art vase from Shiro Kuramata.
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Notes to the Editors:
Saturday@Phillips is a quarterly sale occurring twice in New York and twice in London in 2008. Pre-sale
estimates begin competitively at $60 and go no higher than $20,000.
For subscription to the Saturday@Phillips lifestyle auction catalogue and bidder registration, please refer
to www.phillipsdepury.com. Bidder registration may also be handed during the Saturday@Phillips viewing
or before the sale. Enquiries regarding the bidding process, buying or selling at auction can be posed to
company chairman Simon de Pury, at: www.phillipsartexpert.com/asksimon.
Saturday@Phillips Cocktail Reception:
April 22, 6-9 pm
Saturday@Phillips Viewing:
April 22-April 26
Auction Date and Location:
Saturday, April 26, at 10 am and 2pm
450 West 15th St., New York, NY 10011
Contact:
Cynthia Leung
Phillips de Pury & Company
+1 212 940 1280
[email protected]
Ariel Childs
Phillips de Pury & Company
44 20 7318 4028
[email protected]