De Pury, Simon

LC control no.	n 84231950
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	De Pury, Simon *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pury, Simon de De Pi︠u︡ri, Simon Pi︠u︡ri, Simon de
Birth date	1951
Place of birth	Basel (Switzerland)
Field of activity	Art Art--Collectors and collecting
Affiliation	De Pury & Luxembourg Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg (London, England) Phillips, de Pury & Company (London, England)
Profession or occupation	Art dealers Auctioneers
Found in	Cocks, A.S. Renaissance jewels, gold boxes, and objects de vertu, c1984: t.p. (Simon de Pury) Sokrovishcha iz zolota i serebra ... 1986: t.p. (Simon de Pi︠u︡ri) Auctioneer, 2016: CIP t.p. (Simon de Pury) galley (born in Basel in 1951) Wikipedia, viewed 28 September 2023 (Simon de Pury; full name: Abram Simon Léonor Christian de Pury; born 21 November 1951 in Basel, Switzerland; Swiss auctioneer, art dealer, and collector; in 2002, he acquired the majority control of the auction house Phillips; he studied Japanese painting techniques at the Tokyo University of the Arts in the 1970s; after studying at the Sotheby's Institute, de Pury began working for the Sotheby's auction house in 1974 at their London and Monte Carlo offices, and later opened their Geneva branch in his native Switzerland; in 1997, de Pury left Sotheby's to start an art advisory company and dealership with Daniella Luxembourg, called de Pury and Luxembourg Art; in 2001 the company merged with Philips Auctioneers, which was named Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, later Phillips de Pury & Company after Luxembourg resigned in 2003; de Pury sold his remaining stake in the company at the end of 2012; his book The Auctioneer: Adventures in the Art Trade was published in 2016)