The two-day eventful first bi-club International Auction conducted jointly by the Philippine Numismatic & Antiquarian Society (PNAS) and the Bayanihan Collectors Club, Inc. (BCCI) held last August 26 and 27 at the Quezon City Sports Club was a resounding success to 
the astonishment of both clubs exceeding expectation as shown by the vigorous enthusiasm by both the local and foreign collectors and dealers who participated in this marathon event.

The auction, numbering a record total of 1,520 lots show casting some of the very best and finest Filipiniana collectibles ever assembled was a breakthrough in a locally sponsored affair, thus by far surpassing any single event in the history of local auctioning in the country to date. The auction was divided into two sessions, with the first dedicated to stamps, postal history, document, ephemera's, maps and prints, books and magazines, photographs, picture post card, stereo views, and antiquities. Some of the more outstanding items here 
are the rare 1925 12c Lambert Imperforated Pair Overprint Specimen, the very rare 1852 Valliant/Auguste Nicholas Eglise de Binondo a Manille hand-colored lithograph, and Rizal's extremely rare EI Filibusterismo Gent 1891 First Edition. The second session was devoted 
to Philippine coins, paper money, world crowns and minors, medals tokens and buttons. Eminently prominent among these are the choice full mint brilliant luster 1866 20 Centavos Isabella II, the high grade uncirculated 1880 10 Centavos Alfonso XII, the equally rare almost uncirculated 1812 C-SF Cataluna 8 Reales Ferdin VII, and the highly sought after 1897 Biak-na-Bato token.

Worth mentioning here was the immensely unexpected impact of bids received thru the internet, accounting to about 33 percent of the total bids received - all these owing mainly 
to the ingenious vision, foresight and painstaking sacrifice by some of the more enterprising members of the Board of Directors of both clubs: Albert Montilla, Atty. Jorge de los Santos, Ed Nocom, Jen-Jen de Jesus, Raffy Fermin, Tony So. Alex Irasga, Jr. and to those other individuals who labored silently for the benefit and success of the project, specially the invaluable and unselfish technical effort done by Abe Luspo, Jr. in creating the web site that made it possible for the foreign-based collectors to gain instant access thru the world wide web also to Ed Nocom for his generous efforts in maintaining and coordinating the dizzying traffic of internet bids right up to the auction day.

It must also be pointed out that the event would have been made more exciting and dramatic if only BNSP had joined and participated in this event in exhibiting, advertising, and promoting the choice, premium quality Filipiniana collectibles thru an internationally held auction.

All told, this remarkable singular event - the very first, prosperous and triumphant bi-club auction activity would not have been made possible without the total support and devotion of the Auction Committee headed by Mr. Mariano "Nito" Cacho and Mr. Ramon "Mon" Villegas respectively.

It is with this tone that we in the collecting trade extend our deep gratitude to all those who made this singular event such a massive success, and likewise with many thanks to the multiple bidders who gave us an equally multiple smiles.