Friday, November 21, 2014

211. Perfect Combinations: SANTOS AND NINOS

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ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, Feast day, June 21. Patron saint of young students, Chrsitian youth, plague sufferers.  A gallery of ivory statuar...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

210. AN IVORY NIÑO DORMIDO FINDS A DOME FOR A HOME.

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THE LITTLE LORD JESUS LAY DOWN HIS SWEET HEAD. A 7 in. antique ivory Nino sleeps on a new brass crib with  a canopy decorated with old mot...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

209. FAMILY FIRST: A Folk Urna From Ilocos

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FAMILY FIRST: A Folk Urna From Ilocos  I remember the moment when I acquired my first antique urna, complete with the figures of Joseph...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

208. OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, Santissimo Rosario Parish, U.S.T.

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OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, Santissimo Rosario Parish, U.S.T. ca. 1960.   The 1960 celebration of the Feast our Lady of the Most Holy Rosa...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

207. HOLY FAMILY: Ivory Carving Style In Transition

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HESUSMARIOSEP! An antique ivory grouping of the Holy Family, 13 inch., tallest figure, dressed manikin figures,  ivory face masks, ivory h...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

206. ESTEBAN SAMPZON, An 18th Century Filipino Carver in Argentina

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CHRIST OF HUMILITY AND PATIENCE, ca. 1788-93, Attributed to Esteban Sampzon, polychrome and wood, h.99 cm.(3 ft. 3 in.) Church of La Mer...
Monday, September 22, 2014

205. THE BABE ‘N BELEN PROJECT

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As a collector, I don’t only collect what I like. I also collect because I see possibilities in many things—whether they be tattered, old...