Authentication

Since 2015, Fundacion Sansó has provided authentication services to collectors and sellers of works by Juvenal Sansó. It has successfully partnered with respected art galleries, the country’s biggest auction houses, other private art authenticating bodies such as the families of National Artists Abdulmari Imao, Federico Alcuaz, Presidential Medal of Merit Awardee Ramon Orlina, as well as the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in combating art forgery.

It has a stringent panel of authenticators who must be unanimous in judging an artwork authentic before it is certified. 

Its Certificate of Authenticity (CoA) has a security paper format with anti-counterfeiting features including pre-printed Serial Numbers, Micro-printed texts, and numbered Holographic Stickers, random-paired numbers, and UV ink marks making them very secure from forgery.

The foundation is the only institution given the authority by Juvenal Sansó to authenticate and issue Certificates of Authenticity for his artworks.

Request for a Certificate of Authenticity (CoA)

REQUIREMENTS

  • Request for Authentication Form per artwork

  • Valid Government-Issued ID

  • Service Fee* for authentication requests

  • Physical artwork to be brought to Fundacion Sansó for examination by the authentication panel

SERVICE FEE FOR AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS

To cover the costs spent in processing an authentication request, a non-refundable service fee of *P2,000 will be required for each artwork subjected to authentication. This amount will be given upon request for authentication and is deductible from the final Authentication Fee for successfully authenticated artworks. The final Authentication Fee is based on size and medium. Discounts are only given to VIP Clients and Art Museums.

Please be advised that the average processing time for Certificates of Authenticity is 2-4 weeks, subject to the availability of the panel.

For any questions or concerns, you may email us at
authentication@fundacionsanso.ph or call us at (+63) 926 6764 689 / (02) 8 9521 568.