ADAM'S Fine Jewellery & Ladies Watches 12th May 2026

TUESDAY 12 TH MAY 2026 . STARTING AT 4PM 50 Property from the Collection of a descendant of the Armour Family, Chicago Philip Danforth Armour Sr. (1832-1901) born in up- state New York was an industrialist and a ‘founding father’ in 1867 of the renowned Chicago meat- packing firm, Armour & Company. Philip’s finan- cial success began during the California gold rush (1852-1856). These proceeds were used to start up a wholesale soap business in Cincinnati and then in Milwaukee. Philip was a key figure in America’s gild- ed age during the second half of the 19th century. The newly formed railroads connecting the coun- try was the primary catalyst for industrialisation, gi- gantic economic growth, and mass immigration to America. In turn this lead the way for big business to establish modern management techniques. Armour & Company were a pioneer for the innovation of the assembly-line techniques in its factories. This pro- cess allowed for almost every part of the animal to be used, making use of ‘everything but the squeal’. This created the consumer byproducts such as glue, soap, pharmaceuticals and fertiliser. Also, it was the first company to be able to produce canned meat and transport raw meat using the newly introduced refrigerated railcars. The success of the firm result- ed in becoming the world’s largest food processing and chemical manufacturing company, headquar- tered in Chicago. Philip married in 1862 to Malvina Belle Ogden (1842-1927). Philip’s legacy was to do- nate a substantial sum to the then Armour Institute now Illinois Institute of Technology. In his honour the Union Pacific Railroad use the ‘Armour Yellow’ on their refrigerated cars to this day. Philip and Malvina’s eldest son Jonathan Ogden Ar- mour (1863-1927), known as J. was not supposed to inherit the family’s meatpacking dynasty. Sadly, his younger brother Philip Danforth Armour Jr. pre- deceased his father in 1900. J. Armour became the owner and president of Armour & Company and grew the company significantly. However, the com- pany lost millions in the post first world war slump between 1919 – 1921 and the family fortune dis- From lot 40 to 58