New York, Phillips de Pury

Auction: June 9th, 2010
Preview: June 3rd, 6th, 7th and 9th, 2010

450 West 15 Street, New York
+1 212 940 1200


As part of Phillips de Pury’s upcoming Design sale in New York on June 9, the auction house is offering important works by Marc Newson from the collection of renowned collector and technology entrepreneur Halsey Minor. In effect a comprehensive survey of Newson’s career, Mr. Minor’s collection ranges from early studio masterpieces like “Pod of Drawers” (1987) to recent ones like a prototype “Micarta” desk (2006) while stopping at all the key points between. Of his devotion to design, Mr. Minor states, “Collecting is about learning…It is an intense onging process of education, and it is my mission to collect only the best.”