An unusual art sale begins today at the Royal College of Art. For those not put off by the day that is in it, Friday 13th, it represents a good opportunity to try your luck. More than 800 leading artists and up and coming artists from the college have created 2,500 postcards for sale to the public.
You can buy an original piece of art by the likes of Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry or Yoko Ono for just £40. The catch is they are signed on the back so you will not know who created your postcard until you have actually bought it.
The “Secret Postcard Exhibition” will run until the 21st December, plenty of time to track down a Richter or Baldessari,and the proceeds of the auction will be given to charity. The exhibition is open to the public from today but the auction will be confined to one day, the 21st December.
Raffle tickets are on sale each day until a half hour before the exhibition closes. These are for the first fifty places in the sale line on the day of the auction. You can register on-line for the auction but you must buy in person.
