Article from the Financial Times, 9th November 2022. A panettone to feed 100 – and other charitable treats. Art on a Postcard

Grayson Perry, Clayton Schiff and Miyeon Yi join The Hepatitis C Trust’s winter fundraiser

One of the anonymous works from Art on a Postcard Lois Wallace

Artworks from £50 hope to raise £70,000 for the Hepatitis C Trust

Art on a Postcard’s most recent auction is in honour of Mark Peppé, the late India-born artist whose family portraits, copies of old masters and colourful abstracts have raised thousands for the Hepatitis C Trust. The sale’s brief remains the same – postcard sized artworks (from £50) are auctioned anonymously – with the hope to raise £70,000 towards the Trust’s goal of eliminating hepatitis C in the UK by 2030. Stand-out lots include pieces by Grayson Perry, Brooklyn’s “ultra-contemporary” Clayton Schiff and RCA’s Miyeon Yi, an emerging artist whose work depicts memories attached to everyday objects. Until 15 November, artonapostcard.com

Secret Auction

The Art on a Postcard Secret Auction

Thursday the 16th of November saw our fourth Secret Auction. The auction is our biggest event of the year, last year people walked away with pieces by established legends like Jake and Dinos Chapman and Damien Hirst, and others with art works by some of the best upcoming talent of London's art scene. This year we had some old friends and some new faces. The Artists came from a range of backgrounds and mediums to bring an important eclectic mix to the Secret Auction. Harland Miller, Anthony Micallef, Peter Blake, Tooney Phillips and Steven Quinn were just some of the artists involved. For those of you who picked up pieces and are keen to know who you got and haven't seen already go here.

Bidders were both online and in the room and often there was a bid off relayed by the auctioneer between the two. Some highlights were the Harland Miller that sold for $4200, ‘A Song in Eden’ and ‘Lost Mermaid’ by Mick Rooney RA sold for a combined total of £540, Lois Wallace's ‘Hide #2’ and ‘Longest Day’ for £760, Eduardo Terrazas ‘1.1.291’ and ‘1.1.290’ for £1230, ‘Pop Art’ by Peter Blake for £1600, ‘Spectrum Fade ROYGCBVM 2017’ and ‘Spectrum Fade MVBCGVOR 2017’ by Oliver Marsden for £1000, and the Anthony Micallef for £1350.

All in all we managed to raise a total of £56,000! It was no easy task, but the months of preparation, organisation and persistence paid off. We are extremely grateful to the artists who donated work, and continue to support our cause. We continue to work towards eliminating Hepatitis C and the generosity of our collaborators, supporters and the artists will hopefully pay off by resulting in the elimination of the virus by the target of 2030.