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T-Rex skeleton to go under hammer in Switzerland

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 08:19 AM

GENEVA - A Tyrannosaurus-Rex skeleton dating back 67-million years will be auctioned in Switzerland next month, marking the first such sale in Europe, the auction house said Saturday. Read more »

Core collection: Apple archive to go up for auction

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 03:50 AM

The collection includes a 1979-1982 Apple II Plus, complete with monitor, disk drives and game paddles, as well as an original 1984 Macintosh. Read more »

Magsaysay-Ho breaks own auction record with P86.4M sale

ANC Staff
Updated as of Feb 18 08:09 PM

Two years after making headlines over a spectacular sale, the painter just broke her own record at auction Read more »

Joya painting donated by Alice Eduardo is auction star

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Feb 17 10:27 PM

The business magnate and philanthropist has parted with her prized abstract which used to hang in her Forbes Park sala Read more »

Gitarang pirmado ng Eraserheads, binili ng P1.3 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 06:10 PM

May nakabili na sa ipina-auction na gitara na pirmado ng mga miyembro ng Eraserheads. Read more »

Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc: The journalist as art collector

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Feb 16 10:09 AM

As a prized piece from her collection arrives at auction this weekend, we look at a rarely talked-about facet of the media icon Read more »

León’s first auction of 2023–the names to watch out for

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Feb 08 11:34 AM

2023’s inaugural auction features art, objects made by artist-pioneers, from collections of important cultural figures Read more »

Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 01:29 PM

A Twitter bird statue fetched $100,000 on Wednesday as Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm's downtown San Francisco headquarters. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 6, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 12:20 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Tuna for 15 million pesos

Franck Robichon, EPA-EFE
Updated as of Jan 06 09:15 AM

Sushi Ginza Onodera restaurants secured the first tuna auction of the New Year with a bid of almost 36.04 million Japanese Yen (Php 15 million). Read more »

They commanded highest prices at Leon auctions in 2002

E.A. Sta. Maria
Posted at Dec 31 01:22 PM

The auction house racked up 14 world records for Filipino artists, among them Betsy Westendorp who died in March Read more »

E.T. model sells for $2.6M at huge movie prop auction

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 07:30 PM

Other movie memorabilia sold at the auction included and the Nimbus 2000 broomstick from the 'Harry Potter' film series, which fetched $128,000. Read more »

Ronald Ventura work sold for over $1M at Leon auction

EA Sta. Maria
Posted at Dec 05 06:41 PM

Meanwhile, five new world records were smashed at last Saturday’s Kingly Treasures bidding wars at Leon Gallery Read more »

Federico Alcuaz and his wild, fabulous Barcelona years

Adrian Maranan
Updated as of Nov 29 12:06 PM

As four works from his seminal Barcelona period arrive at auction, we revisit the slick modernist’s fabulous run in one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities Read more »

Why Venancio Igarta is an important Filipino artist

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Nov 24 09:37 AM

From humble beginnings as a fruitpicker on the West Coast to an artist who ran with EE Cummings and Jose Garcia Villa, Igarta defied expectations. Read more »

Collector spotlight: Francisco J. Nakpil, artist and architect

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Nov 22 09:44 AM

He was part of the team that designed the Rizal Theater, which was headed by his father Juan Nakpil, but he had his own notable contributions to Philippine architecture Read more »

Letty Ramos-Shahani in the eyes of her daughter Lila

Lila Shahani
Updated as of Nov 19 07:06 AM

The former senator lived an extraordinary life—and left an impressive art collection that include works from Filipino masters, many of whom were personal friends Read more »

Maradona's 'hand of God' ball sold in auction for $2.4 million

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Nov 17 10:43 AM

The late legendary footballer had claimed that the handball which pushed Argentina through the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal was scored "a little by the hand of God," a nickname that would stick for decades. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 15, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 11:44 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Golden Canary diamond to go on auction

Peter Parks, AFP
Posted at Nov 15 08:17 PM

A representative from Sotheby's Hong Kong holds up the Golden Canary diamond in Hong Kong on Tuesday Read more »