An original Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin for $60

No joke.

Someone's going to pay just that much this year at RCA Secret 2005 beginning at 8 a.m. this Friday, November 25 and concluding on the 26th.

What's RCA Secret?

It's the twelfth annual rendition of the Royal College of Art (U.K.) postcard exhibition and fundraising sale.

Over 1,000 artists — among them Damien Hirst, Paula Rego, David Bailey, Julian Opie, Grayson Perry, Milton Glaser, Tracey Emin, Lawrence Weiner, Olafur Eliasson, Sonia Rykiel, Kim Gordon, Graham Coxon, Quentin Blake, Hussein Chalayan, Susan Hiller, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, David Shrigley, and Christo — each created an original postcard–sized work, a total of 2,700.

The identity of the artist remains unknown until the card is purchased and the signature on the back revealed.

RCA Secret has raised over $1 million since its inception, all for the college's Student Award Fund to help its emerging artists.

The cards have been up for in–person viewing since last Friday (the 18th) at the college in London.

Usually you can also preview them online here but as of one minute ago the website update said, "we hope to have it up and running soon."

They better hurry — the sale begins in less than 87 hours.

In–person viewing continues through this Thursday, the 24th.

You can only purchase the cards in person — they cannot be reserved in advance and you cannot phone in or order by email.

If you're interested I would suggest you read very carefully the rules on this page.

Pictured above are postcards from last year's RCA Secret show, by — from the top down — Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, Julian Opie and Zandra Rhodes.