{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":48318,"auction_id":97,"set_id":128,"lot_number":"45","artist":"Saturnino Martín Cerezo","title":"El sitio de Baler\n[The siege of Baler]","starting_price":10000,"signed_dated":"Madrid: Imprenta de Antón Izquierdo, 1911, 2nd ed.","medium":null,"size":"size: 8” x 5 1/2”\ndepth:1”size: 8” x 5 1/2”\ndepth:1”","property":null,"coa":"CONDITION REPORT\nHARDBOUND \nFAIR","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Compilation of the speeches in the Cortes by President Maura in defense of Father Nozaleda. Very few copies must have been printed.\nLast Men Standing in Baler (Los últimos de Filipinas)\nOn July 1, 1898, an isolated troop of Spanish soldiers led by Captain De Las Morenas, who was fighting in the province of El Principe -today Aurora-, decided to take refuge and protect themselves from the attacks of the insurgent Filipinos in the church of Baler. What at first was to be a temporary refuge until the hypothetical arrival of support became one of the most epic -from the human point of view- and ironic -from the historical perspective- chapters of the Spanish Empire. Being permanently besieged for three hundred and thirty-seven days, the soldiers had to find ingenious and risky ways to get food. However, the physical endurance of the soldiers had limits: many died of beriberi or other diseases, while a few managed to desert. The captain himself died, which gave command to Lieutenant Saturnino Martín Cerezo.\nEven though the Spaniards were defeated in the Bay of Manila in August and Spain and the USA signed the Treaty of Paris in December of the same year, the soldiers remained locked up in the Church of Baler because they considered that the news that arrived to them were falsehoods to convince them and to make them leave. The attempts of siege by the Philippine side were numerous, and the Spaniards could resist and repel all the attacks.\nFinally, the besieged were sent newspapers informing them that the sovereignty of the Philippines belonged to the USA. At first, they did not believe the news. Still, after reading another news item in the newspaper, they realized that it could not have been invented by the Filipinos and decided to surrender on the condition that they would not sign any surrender. Aguinaldo rewarded bravery and ordered that the detachment of Spanish soldiers be escorted to Manila and that they not be treated as prisoners.\nA total of 60 people were besieged, including the two missionaries sent by the Filipinos. Of these, 15 died of beriberi or dysentery, two from combat wounds, six deserted, and two were shot by order of Martin Cerezo after being found guilty of attempted desertion. Among the besieged was the Franciscan Father Felix Minaya, who wrote the only other written source about the siege.\nThis chapter of history is very well known and praised in Spain, where several films have been produced about it. In Baler, the Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day is celebrated annually on June 30, as this is the date when Aguinaldo signed the decree for the protection of the survivors.\nThe primary source for reconstructing those days of resistance was his memoirs, El sitio de Baler, published in Guadalajara in 1904. This second edition is, however, the definitive one, as it has been corrected and enlarged. The Spanish empire ended in Baler; this book is its best testimony.","lot_group":"BOOKS","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":18000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":18000,"userBid":5930,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":21628.8,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":48112,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/97/128/lot/45.jpg","isFeatured":1},{"id":48111,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/97/128/lot/45 c.jpg","isFeatured":0},{"id":48110,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/97/128/lot/45 b.jpg","isFeatured":0},{"id":48109,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/97/128/lot/45 a.jpg","isFeatured":0}]},"increment":[12000,14000,16000,18000,20000,25000,30000,35000,40000,45000,50000,55000,60000,70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":44,"next":46,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}