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trending_up market schedule May 23, 2025 visibility 4 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

Zóbel pieces headline Leon Gallery’s ‘The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction’

Leon Gallery's 'The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction' in Makati City features several key artworks from the Zóbel de Ayala family collection, including Fernando Amorsolo's 'The Burning of Manila'—one of the largest Amorsolo paintings ever auctioned—and multiple pieces by Fernando Zóbel, such as 'Versión en Toledo', 'Variante Sobre Un Tema de Cassatt', 'Talgo', and 'Pequeño homenaje a Stravinski'. Other notable lots include Anita Magsaysay-Ho's 'Water Carriers', Vicente Manansala's 'From the Market', and Hernando R. Ocampo's 'Miners'. The auction, scheduled for June 7, 2025, marks Leon Gallery's 15th anniversary in the art business.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 6 link 2 artists, 5 galleries

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On June 7, Manila-based Léon Gallery Art and Antiquities held its Spectacular Mid-Year Auction, kicking off the gallery's 15th-anniversary celebrations. The sale featured modern and contemporary works by leading Filipino artists, including Fernando Zóbel, Juan Luna, and Vicente Manansala. A standout lot was Anita Magsaysay-Ho's *Water Carriers / Taga-igib* (1947), an egg tempera work that sold for over PHP 60 million (about $1.08 million). Another key highlight was Fernando Amorsolo's *The Burning of Manila* (1942), which set a record for the artist's wartime paintings at PHP 36.04 million ($645,460). The painting, from the collection of Don Enrique “EZ” Zóbel, had been on loan to the National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila, for about a decade before auction.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 27, 2025 visibility 6 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

Leading contemporary stars take center stage in Leon Gallery’s year-end sale

León Gallery's The Kingly Treasures Auction 2025, taking place on December 6 at 2 p.m., features works by leading Filipino contemporary artists. The sale highlights Bernardo Pacquing's experimental abstractions, Leo Valledor's geometric explorations, Jigger Cruz's layered and destructive techniques, and Manuel Ocampo's provocative social commentaries, among others.

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