Rizal, Katipunan treasures go on auction

A super typhoon barreling towards the country was intensifying and could have a "potentially catastrophic" impact, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) yesterday warned, with millions of people at risk from storm surges.

- LISA GUERRERO NAKPIL

Jose Rizal's sculpture "Josephine (Bracken) Sleeping" and the only surviving twin of Bonifacio's seal are set to ignite Leon Gallery's Kingly Treasures auction in time for Bonifacio Day this Nov. 30.

In addition, a plaster cast depicting the Father of the Philippine Revolution - taken from the original Monumento sculpture by its creator, none other than National Artist Guillermo Tolentino and in the collection of eminent historian Ambeth Ocampo will also go on the block in this remarkable historical sale.

Tolentino was a spirit medium who claimed to speak to Bonifacio in his dreams and the bust of the KKK founder may bear him out with its fiercely lifelike expression and knitted brow.

The work was signed and titled (while the plaster was still wet) by Tolentino in ancient Philippine script.