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Salcedo Auctions breaks a number of records in recent auction

Salcedo Auctions breaks a number of records in recent auction

This year's “The Well-Appointed Life” could very well be one of its most successful events yet based on record results. Salcedo Auctions has announced the results of its annual "The Well-Appointed Life" auction held on September 17, wherein the late National Artist Vicente Manansala’s “Vendors” (1978) led the art auction…
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Salcedo Auctions features works of 13 National Artists in latest auction

Salcedo Auctions features works of 13 National Artists in latest auction

Now on its eighth edition, Salcedo Auctions’ “The Well-Appointed Life” offers serious collectors artworks by such celebrated artists as Manansala, Ang Kiukok, BenCab and Amorsolo. It also features antique furniture pieces, the largest Zalameda ever to be auctioned off, as well as Fernando Zobel’s first painting. For arts and antiques…
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The search for finer pursuits ends here

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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Premier auction house launches biggest annual auction

Premier auction house launches biggest annual auction

With “worlds we create” as its theme, this year's much awaited “Well-Appointed Life” auction of 130 Philippine artworks, including a Hidalgo, Joya, BenCab and Alcuaz, and 200 connoisseur-level objects is not only a portal to the past, but also a doorway to a whimsical future. It also aims to spark…
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Leon Gallery unveils its “magnificent” September surprise

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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Where were you on Aug. 21, 1983?

Where were you on Aug. 21, 1983?

By Joanne Rae M. Ramirez Many of those who remember vividly the day former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino was shot in cold blood on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport recall also that it was “the shot that rang across the world.” It was arguably the first tile in…
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