Students bring the ‘Hammer Down’ at art auction

A group of enterprising students from the Liverpool Business School recently held their inaugural art auction in Liverpool City Centre.

Set up as part of a level 5 module at the Liverpool Business School, and run in conjunction with Young Enterprise & LJMU’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, Hammer Down was set up to represent early career artists by selling their work at invite only auctions.

To develop their auctioneering skills they were coached by local auction house Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, the Liverpool saleroom based in the Baltic Triangle creative area of the city. Well known for his appearances on Flog It, Adam generously shared his gavel skills with the Hammer Down team, enabling them to work with their buyers and get the best prices on the night for their artists.

Erin Furlong from Hammer Down commented:

“Our first auction was a great success and over 90% of works were sold on the night. We feel that this shows that there is a demand for work by early career artists in the city and our auctions seek to provide a platform for this. We hope that this will be the first event of many.”

Anyone interested in attending future events, should follow Hammer Down on twitter for details @HammerDown7.

Photo: Students from Hammer Down at the auction