Year: 2010

Inspirational women activists, Ruth First and Lilian Ngoyi, are immortalised in a fine lithograph by renowned artist Dumile Feni, which is coming up at Strauss & Co’s auction to be held at The Country Club Johannesburg in Woodmead on 1 November 2010.

The top lots coming up on Strauss & Co’s 11 October sale at the Vineyard Hotel in Newlands are attracting keen attention from prospective buyers. Amongst these, punters are keeping a close watch on Irma Stern’s Gladioli (lot 163, R5 000 000 to R7 000 000) after a still life painting by the artist fetched R7 575 200 on the company’s Johannesburg auction earlier this year, breaking the record for the highest price achieved at auction for a South African still life.

Strauss & Co: Still life by celebrated artist Irma Stern last night sold for R13 368 000, setting a new record price for a South African painting at auction.

Strauss & Co, the top specialist auction house for South African Fine Art, offers its highest value sale to date with a stellar array of top quality paintings by many of South Africa’s most sought-after artists on its 1 November auction at the Johannesburg Country Club, Woodmead.

Over R66 million, the highest total of the year for any South African art auction anywhere in the world, was realised in Johannesburg on 1 November 2010, proving that South African art sells best on home turf. The record total was all the more remarkable given that Strauss & Co charge considerably lower commission, buyer’s premium and VAT than their main competitors.

Strauss & Co is holding its first dedicated jewellery sale on 22 November 2010 at the Vineyard Hotel in Newlands. The sale includes pieces by illustrious names in the world of jewellery including Cartier, Carlo Giuliano, van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston and Bulgari, together with watches by Patek Philippe, Rolex and Jaeger-Le Coultre.

Strauss & Co achieved eight major artist’s records in 2010. These inlcude Anton van Wouw, Maud Sumner, Pieter Wenning, Stanley Pinker, Walter Battiss, Cecil Skotnes and Jane Alexander, among others.

Ons strewe na goeie diens en uitnemendheid bly ‘n daaglikse verbintenis wat harde werk en toewyding verg van ons span onder leiding van Stephan Welz. Die gevolg is dat die jaar 2010 alle verwagtinge oortref het ten opsigte van omset, die behaling van rekords en die gehalte van besendings wat ons bevoorreg was om te hanteer.