BOC to offer 4 seized Discaya vehicles for negotiated sale on April 30

Dianne Sampang - @inquirerdotnetINQUIRER.net 04/24/2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Friday that four luxury vehicles seized from contractor couple Pacifico “Curlee” and Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya will be offered for negotiated sale after failing to sell in previous public…

Titanic life jacket sells for £670,000 or USD905,000 at auction

Azertac via Philippine News Agency 04/21/2026

BAKU – A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction to a collector for £670,000 (about USD905,000), BBC reported. It is the only life jacket from the Titanic to be sold at auction…

Discaya luxury vehicles: BOC turns over P102M from sale

Ferdinand Patinio 03/10/2026

MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday turned over P102.4 million to the government from the auction of nine Discaya luxury vehicles.. During a ceremony at the BOC grounds in Port Area, Manila, Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno…

Discaya-linked cars’ auction: More than P102M raised

Ferdinand Patinio - Philippine News Agency 02/27/2026

MANILA, Philippines  – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) raised more than P102 million through the auction of luxury vehicles owned by the controversial Discaya couple. In a statement on Friday, Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the revenue…

Discaya couple’s Rolls Royce sold in auction

Dianne Sampang 02/11/2026

MANILA, Philippines — Only the Rolls Royce Cullinan of the contractor couple Cezarah “Sarah” and Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya out of 10 seized luxury cars up for auction by the Bureau of Customs on Wednesday was successfully sold.…

BOC says Discaya luxury vehicles face destruction if left unsold at auction

12/01/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The luxury vehicles owned by contractors Pacifico and Sarah Discaya may be destroyed if no one bids for them in the December 5 auction. This was confirmed on Monday by Bureau of Customs (BOC)…

Gold watch of richest Titanic passenger sells for $1.46M

Agence France Presse 04/28/2024

LONDON — A gold watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the Titanic was auctioned in England for £1.17 million ($1.46 million) on Saturday. It was a record sum for an object linked to…

A watch that melted during the atomic blast over Hiroshima, Japan, sells for more than $31,000

02/24/2024

BOSTON (AP) — A watch melted during the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, has sold for more than $31,000 at auction. The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an…

Michael Jordan’s championship sneakers sell for $8M

Reuters 02/04/2024

A set of six individual Air Jordan sneakers worn by Michael Jordan during NBA finals sold for $8 million at an auction in New York, setting a new global auction record for game-worn sneakers, auction house Sotheby’s said on Friday. The…

EJ Obiena auctions off SEA Games winning shoes for Filipino kids

Agence France Presse 05/10/2023

Pole vault star EJ Obiena will auction off his gold-medal-winning spikes to raise money for children back home in the Philippines who practice in a sawdust pit. World-ranked number three Obiena took his third consecutive gold at…

Sotheby’s to auction world’s largest ruby in New York in June

Reuters 04/23/2023

HONG KONG — The largest ruby in the world to come to auction will be offered by Sotheby’s in New York in June, the auction house said at a recent preview in Hong Kong, and is estimated…

Gitarang pirmado ng Eraserheads para kay Gab, naibenta ng P1.3 million

Therese Arceo 02/18/2023

NAIBENTA na ang gitarang pirmado ng lahat ng miyembro ng bandang Eraserheads sa halagang P1.3 million na paniguradong malaking tulong para sa gitarista ng Parokya Ni Edgar na si Gab Chee Kee. Nitong Miyerkules, February 15, ibinahagi…

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