Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Rego card for sale too

A Paula rego card from 2005 is also for sale at
Bonhams tomorrow.

5 RCA Secret 2013 go under the hammer

No less than 5 RCA Secret 2013 postcards are going under the hammer at Bloomsburys auctioneers tomorrow.

RCA Secret 2013 postcards at Bloomsbury, auction on Thursday 27th June at 2pm

134. John Baldessari (b.1931) Was It Worth It? I Suppose So.
two unique rubber stamp prints on postcard, 2013, each signed in blue
ball-point pen verso, produced to raise funds for the Royal College of
Art, London, as part of the RCA secret, on wove paper, with full
margins,
each sheet 147 x 105 mm (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in)
£1000 – £1500
auction link


248. Yinka Shonibare (b.1962) Untitled 1 & 2
two unique pen and ink with applied gold leaf and collage of printed
fabric on postcard, 2013, each signed in black felt-tip pen verso,
produced to raise funds for the Royal College of Art, London, as part of
the RCA secret, on wove paper, with full margins,
each sheet 147 x 105 mm (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in)
£800 – £1200
auction link

262. Lawrence Weiner (b.1940) Caught between Ships Passing in the Night
unique rubber stamp print with paper collage and hand-colouring in red
crayon and green watercolour, 2013, signed in black ink verso, produced
to raise funds for the Royal College of Art, London, as part of the RCA
secret, on wove paper, with full margins,
sheet 147 x 105 mm (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in)
£1000 – £1500
auction link

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Raffle open for Oli Postcards

The raffle is now open for first 30 places in the virtual queue.  All the details below

Sale date: Friday 21st June 2013, 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Westminster School, London SW1P 3PB


Oli Bennett Charitable Trust Anonymous Art Fair


Nearest tube: St. James’s Park or Westminster.
 
The school is just south of Westminster Abbey.
 

If you wish to attend the sale please email us - olipostcards@btinternet.com to be put on the guest list.  Please note that places are limited are the night of the sale.  Please note that since this is a central london school in term time security is tight.  You will not be admitted unless you are on the guest list. 

The cost of the cards this year is £40.

As last year we will be holding a raffle for the top 30 places in a virtual queue so that whether you are able to attend the sale or not you will still have a chance of buying the cards you would like to buy.  Raffle tickets are £1 each and you can buy a maximum of 20. 


The raffle is now live.  Please visit
http://www.justgiving.com/olipostcards2013

To make your donation.  Here is a timeline for the raffle:


15 June 2013 - Raffle opens
6pm on 18 June 2013 Raffle closes.
Evening of 18 June 2013 - Winners notified
End of 19 June 2013 - deadlines for supplying raffle selections and making payment for cards (£40 each)
20 June 2013 - raffle winners are informed which cards they have purchased.

VERY IMPORTANT - once you have made your donation please email olipostcards@btinternet.com stating the name under which you donated and the amount. For some reason Justgiving no longer provide us with the email address of the payee, even if you tick the box that says you are happy to share that. IF YOU DON’T EMAIL US YOU WON’T BE IN THE RAFFLE. Many many thanks

All remaining cards not sold in the raffle will be sold on the night of the sale.  Any remaining cards after the evening sale will be advertised for sale on this site on a first come first served basis.