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Gavel&Block Announces another Edition of ‘art+design’ this July

Another exciting edition of ‘art+design’, the hallmark online auction of gavel&block, the subsidiary of the country’s premier auction house, Salcedo Auctions.

Images provided by the Salcedo Auctions
July 20, 2023

In photo: Ang KiuKok’s ‘A print of Home’ (1956) among the few selections from the ‘No Reserve’ section of the art+design sale.

There’s a little something for everyone this coming ‘art+design’ online auction on Saturday, July 22, 2023. The third quarter sale offers a dizzying selection which includes - hold your breath - modern and contemporary art, furniture and decor, fine prints and editions, fashion and luxury items, rare maps and collectible books, religious and ethnographic art. It is a fantastic series that’s perfect for the newbie collector who is just starting to explore.

View the online catalog here: http://bit.ly/GB_art-design-July2023.

And even more exciting, gavel&block is launching a new addition to its online sale, the ‘No Reserve’ section, making the online platform more inclusive and accessible to a wider range of collectors, hobbyists, and casual art enthusiasts to include those on a budget. A carefully curated selection of paintings will be available for bidding starting from as low as PHP500 and will be sold to the highest bidder regardless of the final price. It means that you will have the chance to get your desired items for PHP500, on top of a buyer's premium of 16.8%, which still amounts to at least two cups of coffee. This offers unprecedented opportunities for anyone to acquire valuable art, nothing less than from the premier auction house of the Philippines.

In photo: Juvenal Sanso, ‘A Crisp Curl of Light,’ 2000s.

READ: What’s a ‘No Reserve’ auction?

The regular sale continues to assert gavel&block as the online destination for art connoisseurs. National Artists make up for the collection of art prints and editions–headlined by Ang Kiukok, Jose Joya, Arturo Luz, and BenCab; as well as by renowned modern artists Anita Magsaysay-Ho and Mauro Malang Santos. One notable lot is a collection of specially designed prints by five outstanding UP College of Fine Arts Alumni namely Santiago Bose, BenCab, Cesar Legaspi, Juvenal Sanso, and Mauro Malang Santos.

Among the art on sale in the regular categories are oil and acrylic on canvases by Nena Saguil, Sanso, Ricky Ambagan, Jim Orencio, Isabel Diaz and Joel Welbart Bartolome, to name a few. There’s also an intriguing mixed media piece by Lee Aguinaldo, along with a Fernando Zobel masterpiece that is printed on a cotton scarf.

Chanel and Louis Vuitton headline the luxury line of bags in the collection, while a tasteful selection of Filipino and Oriental furniture and decor include works of woodcraft master Osmundo Esguerra alongside hardwood antiques handpicked by Salcedo Auctions’ specialists.

‘art+design’ is the hallmark online auction of gavel&block, the subsidiary of the country’s premier auction house Salcedo Auctions. gavel&block is the online destination for contemporary art and design, catering to an emerging niche of younger collectors - the next generation art lovers, who are still exploring and experimenting with their artistic taste and preferences - and established connoisseurs that are expanding their collection.

gavel&block is a subsidiary of Salcedo Auctions, the premier auction house in the country. The ‘art+design’ online auction will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 11 AM. Register to bid at https://www.salcedoauctions.com/getting-started/bid.

Consignments to the forthcoming September ’The Well-Appointed Life’ auction are now being accepted via https://bit.ly/Consignment-Form. For further inquiries, send an email to info@salcedoauctions.com or phone +63 917 825 7449.