Lyon with snake portrait on auction block

Phillips de Pury & Company will be having a photograph auction on October 16, 2008 in New York. The event features an exceptional selection of 18 black-and-white images from Robert Mapplethorpe’s celebrated series Lady Lisa Lyon, a pioneering 1970s female bodybuilder.

One of the photo highlights is the portrait of Lisa Lyon with snake (1982), a highly sought after works, with an estimated worth of around US$20,000 to US$30,000. This compelling photograph casts Lyon in the image of Eve, an aesthetically perfect being handling a powerful python, the controlled setting conveying both desire and fear.

Here is the place and schedule of the auction:

Auction Date: Oct. 16, 2008 at 10am & 2pm

Opening Reception: Oct. 7, 2008 6-8pm Viewing Dates: Oct. 8-15, 2008 at 10am–5pm, Mon-Sat & 12pm–5pm, Sun

Philips de Pury & Company
450 West 15th Street
New York, NY 10011
+1 212 940 1200
www.phillipsdepury.com

DECORP's EPPA Bid Bulletin No. 2

Dagupan Electric Corp. (DECORP) is hereby issued a modification to its Bidding Documents in cognizance to foreign investments and ownership rule in the power generation sector. For further details, see the attachment below.

DECORP's EPPA Bid Bulletin No. 1

Dagupan Electric Corp. (DECORP) is hereby issued a modification to its Bidding Documents, extending deadline of submission of Bids to May 19, 2008. For further details, see the attachment below.

DECORP's Invitation for Bids for a 5-MW of electric power supply

Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP) invites power firms to bid for a five-megawatt (5-MW) of electric power supply. For further details, please see attachment.

Philippine Power: Up for Grabs this Year

The Philippines, through its privatization arm the Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), has made a line up of all power facilities that are available for sale this year. And they are the following:

• 747.5-MW combined Tiwi & Makban geothermal power plants
• 225-MW Battan thermal power plant
• 0.8-MW Amlan hydro power plant
• 168.5-MW combined Panay & Bohol diesel power plants
• 620-MW Limay diesel power plant
• 192.5-MW Palinpinon geothermal power plant
• 112.5-MW Tongonan geothermal power plant
• 114-MW combined Iligan I & II diesel power plants
• 150-MW Bacman geothermal power plant
• 116-MW Subic diesel power plant
• 108-MW Aplaya decommissioned diesel power plant
• 22.3-MW General Santos decommissioned diesel power plant

Privatizing at least 70% of state-owned generating assets is one of the preconditions for the implementation of open access and retail competition in the country.

For more information, you may visit www.psalm.gov.ph.