Anita Magsaysay-Ho

The search for finer pursuits ends here

Salcedo Auctions launches its mid-year auction, a live and online event, on June 25. Dubbed as Finer Pursuits: Important Philippine & Rare Collectibles, it will auction off a little over 100 pieces, including rare works by Filipino masters, vintage furniture pieces, fine bone china and a rare Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.   …

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Makati-based auction house celebrates 500 years of Philippine art and culture

The influences that animate its featured art and furniture pieces, which are to be auctioned off on March 13 and 14, span half a millennium. But certain inspirations actually date back to even before the time of Magellan's discovery of the Philippines, as evident in a number of artworks.  Text…

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Leon Gallery unveils its “magnificent” September surprise

By Alex Y. Vergara Simply dubbed as “The Magnificent September Auction 2020,” Leon Gallery’s upcoming big event scheduled on September 19, 2 p.m., with previews from September 12 to 18, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., is noteworthy for a number of reasons. For one, says gallery director Jaime Ponce de…

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Touched by a Hero

By JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ We live in a world molded by our forebears. That we pledge allegiance to a Filipino flag, and are subjects of no foreign country, is a legacy bequeathed by those who lived and died so that we may be free men — albeit too free, sometimes.…

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