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Shifting gears

In a period of change, Salcedo Auctions launches its first marque event with an international line up and some of the rarest finds to come to auction

Published Feb 29, 2024 04:56 am

Words by Devi De Veyra

Salcedo Auctions is responding to the changing and growing collectors’ market. The auction house’s chairman and chief specialist, Richie Lerma, who has already left his mark in Philippine art as a two-time winner, as editor and publisher, of the National Book Award for Art, as well as being the founder of the prestigious Ateneo Art Awards, is developing a groundbreaking program with a new line up for Salcedo Private View revealing his critical approach to curating exhibitions. The same is true for its auctions.

The catalogue of The Well-Appointed Life’s March edition, the auction house’s first marquee event for 2024, is a signifier of a more global perspective as seen in the lots on offer by several major Japanese artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Yoshitomo Nara and Tsuguharu Fujita, and two lots by one of  China’s most esteemed painters Xia Jing Shan displayed side by side with the works of Philippine old masters such as Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and Felix Martinez,  National Artists Fernando Amorsolo, Victorio Edades, HR Ocampo, Vicente Manansala, Arturo Luz, Cesar Legaspi, and Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, and contemporary stalwarts Rodel Tapaya, Jigger Cruz, and Ronald Ventura.

The catalogue also reveals a strong line-up across all sections spanning pre-colonial to contemporary items with artifacts, religious objects, antique furniture and art mixed with highly collectible spirits as well as fine jewelry and watches. All of which are expertly curated so that the collectors of today can make well-considered choices.

The best of Philippine antique furniture

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Two exquisite samples of master furniture maker Osmundo Esguerra’s impeccable craftsmanship: Estimated at P40,000 to 45,000, a Victorian style all-kamagong writing desk (left) and a kamagong Manila aparador reproduction made in the same tradition and specifications as it was almost two hundred years ago, estimated at P 100,000 to 120,000.
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Variations of the highly coveted Spanish Colonial altar tables: Estimated at P450,000 to 480,000, a Cagayan ‘kilo’  (term used by antique dealers which means curved) altar table, 3rd quarter, 19th century Cagayan (left); estimated at P2,200,000 to 2,400,000, a Batangas Dos altar table, Mid-19th century Batangas, made from Balayong wood.
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The subtle differences between a refectory table from Northern Luzon and Batangas revealed in these fine samples: Estimated at P550,000 to 600,000, a Renaissance Revival refectory table with Moorish motif last quarter, 19th century Batangas (left); estimated at  P3,000,000 to 3,300,000, a balayong ‘Lion mask’ refectory table, 2nd quarter, 18th century, from Pampanga or Bulacan.

 

Art & Artifacts

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Estimated at P3,600,000 to 4,000,000, Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Napping Pumpkin,’ screenprint, edition 112/120, from 1993; estimated at P800,000 to 950,000, ‘Buddha’s Nirvana,’ by Xia Jing Shan, ink on paper, dated 1986 - an important work by the artist that was exhibited in both the National Museum of China and the Palace Museum in Beijing.


 

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Estimated at P650,000 to 750,000, Junyee’s ‘Morning Mist,’ soot and paint on board, dated 2021 (left); Estimated at P7,500,000 to 8,500,000, H.R. Ocampo’s acrylic on canvas titled “Diplomatic Friendship,” from 1978, formerly from the collection of hoteliar and Manila Bulletin publisher, Gen.Hans Menzi.

 

 

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Estimated at P200,000 to 220,000, ornately decorated and over seven feet tall, a Maranao Gadur jar with lion heads (left); estimated at P450,000 to 550,000, 27-inch expressive and exemplary standing male bulul.

 

‘The Well-Appointed Life’ live and online auction will take place on Saturday, 9 March 9, 2024, starting at 2 p.m. The online catalogue is available at salcedoauctions.com; in-person preview begins on Friday, March 1 and runs until Friday, March 8 at NEX Tower, 6786 Ayala Avenue, Makati City, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For inquiries, email [email protected] or phone +63 917 107 5581 | +63 917 591 2191 | +63 917 825 7449. Follow @salcedoauctions on Instagram and Facebook.

 

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