Oasis Partnership: The Art Box Online Auction
How the Oasis Partnership raised £2,000 through a three-week online auction of 26 exclusive signed monochrome portraits of musicians by photographer Simon Sarin, with a Debbie Harry print surging from £50 to £505.
The Oasis Partnership, a Buckinghamshire-based drugs charity, partnered with photographer Simon Sarin to conduct an online art auction featuring 26 exclusive, signed monochrome portraits of renowned musicians.
The Auction
The Oasis Art Box auction featured 26 unseen framed monochrome images, each exclusive and signed by Simon Sarin. Featured musicians included Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Noel and Liam Gallagher, Biffy Clyro, and Jake Bugg.
An iconic portrait of Debbie Harry wearing distinctive glasses emerged as the auction's highlight. Beginning at £10, bids on this lot reached £505 within two weeks - surging dramatically after it appeared on page three of The Daily Telegraph.
The event generated substantial press coverage, appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Metro, and BBC Radio 3. The charity promoted the auction across social media throughout the three-week campaign.
The Result
Amount raised: £2,000
"One particularly memorable moment was seeing the bids for the Debbie Harry print surge from £50 to £500 in a very short time on the morning it appeared on page three of the Telegraph."
- Caroline Peal, Oasis Partnership