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A pioneering book on Philippine antiques and household heirlooms which are now collectibles. This book also traces the history of the burgeoning Manila antiques trade from the earliest days when Ongpin, Hidalgo and their confreres used to trade and auction antiques; the rise of the Calatagan and the Pinagbayanan excavations; the Escolta at the turn of the last century; Ermita of the 1960s and 1970s; the antique gentrification of the 1980s and the subsequent migration of trade to Makati and the rarefied halls of La'O Center.