London · Dubai · Geneva
Private procurement,conducted in confidence.
Rare goods, sourced at origin, kept under bond in Switzerland and delivered wherever the client resides.
I.The House
A small house, by design.
Cadogan & Gidley Partners is a private procurement house. We acquire rare goods on behalf of private clients and the family offices that act for them.
Every piece is sourced at origin and kept under bond until the moment it is called for. We are deliberately small: each commission is carried by a partner from the first conversation to the final delivery. We do not advertise, and we do not discuss the people we act for.
II.The Practice
Four disciplines, one hand.
- I
Sourcing
We buy only through authorised channels — producers, their appointed distributors and authorised specialist retailers — and never from secondary or grey-market sources. They are slower; they are also the only ones whose goods we are prepared to stand behind.
- II
Provenance
We know where each piece came from and every hand it has passed through. What reaches the client arrives with its story intact.
- III
Custody
Goods are kept under bond in Switzerland. The client holds the title documents and can confirm their holdings directly with the custodian, at any time.
- IV
Delivery
Onward to wherever the client happens to be: a residence, a yacht, a private terminal. Arranged quietly, and properly. Where it matters, by hand.
III.Custody
Why Switzerland.
For more than a century, Switzerland has been where the world keeps what it values.
Goods kept there under bond remain in transit, untouched until they are called for. Nothing is taken on trust: every client holds the title documents and can confirm their holdings directly with the custodian. And we do not sell goods as investments: what we place is bought to be enjoyed.
- Status
- In transit, under bond
- Title
- Held by the client
- Verification
- Directly with the custodian
IV.Partners
For producers, distributors and custodians.
We are building a small number of long relationships: with the houses whose goods we place, and with the custodial and logistics partners who keep them. We favour allocation over volume and relationships over transactions, and we are content to wait for the right terms.
- Authorised channels only.
- Long relationships, short lists.
- Discretion, in both directions.
Introductions
partners@cadogangidley.com
V.Where we work
Local time
London
Dubai
Geneva
By introduction, or in writing.
Every enquiry is answered personally.
Private clients
enquiries@cadogangidley.com
Trade & partners
partners@cadogangidley.com