Club members from Reading College Art&Design Club and Cranford Community College Art&Design and Writing&Talking Clubs had the opportunity to take part in a Masterclass in art auctioneering at Bonhams, London.
Led by Ralph Taylor, Global Head Post-War and Contemporary Art, and team, Club members were given an insight into the auction process and the journey of an artwork, including how it is conserved, valued, described and sold.
Through a series of workshops the young people discovered the commercial art world, gained an understanding of the art auction process and built their confidence in talking about contemporary art.
The Masterclass culminated in an energetic mock auction where a young person from each Club bravely took to the podium and took on the role of auctioneer, taking bids and using the terminology they had learnt to drive up the sale price.