On auction: ivory, porcelain, and more

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DELICATE porcelain and ivory religious items and intricate ornaments highlight Casa de Memoria’s auction on Saturday.

With a bidding price that starts at P600,000, the ivory “Holy Trinity Blessing Niña Maria with Saints Joachim and Anne” (18th-19th century) is the most expensive among the lots.

Why would someone sell something so beautiful, historical, and intricate as this? Casa de Memoria’s research specialist, Gregorio Caliguia III told BusinessWorld that “old people” who have religious pieces such as the Holy Trinity are “scared” that their relatives will not be able to take care of such beauty. So they consign them to auction houses, where they will be bought by another person who will see it as a treasure and not as junk...