Salcedo Auctions, the country’s premier auction house, celebrates the holidays with an auction series entitled Under the Tree, with two unique sales: Under the Tree: The Wish List by Salcedo Auctions and Under the Tree: The Holiday Sale by its subsidiary brand Gavel&Block.
The Wish List brings a curatorial slant to collecting the season’s best. Carefully selected fine Philippine art pieces by National Artists BenCab, Vicente Manansala, Napoleon Abueva, and Arturo Luz banners this sale. Modern masters such as Sanso and Malang, along with sought-after contemporary works by Tapaya and Taniguchi, rare furniture, and tribal and ethnographic art comprise the auction lineup. Each lot has been selected not just for its value, but also for its inherent beauty and the appreciation it deserves—a sentiment all too perfect for this most cherished time of year.
Under the Tree: The Wish List will be held on Saturday, 23 November, 2 pm at the Salcedo Auctions headquarters in NEX Tower along Ayala Avenue, Makati City.
The Holiday Sale by Gavel&Block puts the emerging collector in focus featuring pieces that are just as covetable and surprisingly accessible. Pieces thoughtfully selected here are chosen for the value they add in terms of design. The contemporary subsidiary of Salcedo Auctions, Gavel&Block was created as a place for people to explore a more diverse and inclusive line-up of art—from paintings by artists like Malang, Emmanuel Garibay, Nena Saquil, and Bernardo Pacquing as well as original prints by Lao Lianben, Cesar Legaspi, and BenCab, unique furniture, design collectibles, historic memorabilia, and the like.
This kind of sale makes Gavel&Block the perfect partner for The Podium. This luxurious shopping complex is a shining example of urban modernity in Metro Manila, a joint endeavor between BDO Unibank and Singapore’s Keppel Land Limited.
The Podium is bringing a truly distinct shopping experience to their customers by hosting Gavel&Block’s pop-up preview display and the subsequent auction at the connecting The Podium West Tower, which will be held on Saturday, 30 November 2019 at 2 pm.
To reinforce the spirit of giving that Under the Tree represents, Salcedo Auctions is proud to announce a new opportunity to make charitable donations, share life’s blessings, and give back to society with a focus on arts, culture, educational, and environmental initiatives. This is made possible by its new online platform, Bid for the Future.
Conceptualized by Joaquin Lerma, a 16-year old Grade 11 student at the International School Manila who started giving art tours at the age of 11 and has been involved in organizing and writing for the auction house’s Gavel&Block benefit auctions over the past two years. His passion for history, informed by travels to heritage sites around the world, led him to select Escuela Taller as the first beneficiary of this new donation platform.
Escuela Taller is an NGO that educates and trains underprivileged youth to gain the skills necessary to preserve and restore the country’s built cultural heritage, with graduates being deployed under the supervision of experts to work on historical buildings in Manila as well as Bohol, Batanes, and Pampanga. Through their endeavors, the young Lerma believes that a whole new generation of Filipinos will be empowered to help secure and contribute to the appreciation of the country’s rich history, in addition to learning specialized skills that will provide livelihood not only for themselves, but also to entire communities through the educational and touristic programs that it generates.
Salcedo Auctions will be holding Under the Tree: The Wish List on Saturday, 23 November 2019, 2pm at NEX Tower, 6786 Ayala Avenue, Makati City. The public preview runs 10am-6pm daily from Friday, 15 November until Friday 22 November.
Gavel&Block will hold the Under the Tree: The Holiday Sale auction on Saturday, November 30, 2pm at the Lobby of The Podium West Tower, Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila. The public preview will be held at the Ground Floor of The Podium daily 11am-10pm from November 21 until November 29.
Salcedo Auctions’ Under the Tree online catalogues are available at salcedoauctions.com
