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Whether stealing or selling SA, Art spells out millions
12 Nov 2012
The South African public has been left aghast at the value of work stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum only to be followed the next day by record prices paid for paintings by Alexis Preller and Walter Battiss amongst others which ran into millions of rands at a Strauss & Cos auction in Johannesburg.
The auction realised in excess of R33 000 000 and many in the audience were astounded when ten of the paintings offered realised more than three times their presale estimate. One in particular Girl with an Oriole by Alexis Preller with a presale estimate of R600 000 sold for just over R4 000 000, more than six times its presale estimate.
A spokesperson for Strauss & Company quipped that “they were relieved that collectors believed in the value of South African Art as seen in recent front page news!”.
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2012 Press Releases
December
November
- 12 Nov 2012 Rare Early Maggie Laubser Paintings found for Strauss Summer Auction
- 12 Nov 2012 Whether stealing or selling SA, Art spells out millions
October
- 6 Oct 2012 Art session proves no recession
- 9 Oct 2012 Keerweder - A Whale of a Sale by Patrick Chapman
- 11 Oct 2012 Museum quality artwork in Strauss & Co's November auction
- 24 Oct 2012 Lucas Sithole's 'Young Girl'
- 24 Oct 2012 Museum quality works for sale at Strauss & Co
- 24 Oct 2012 Pieter Hugo - A personal vision of the pioneering spirit of man
- 24 Oct 2012 Pricey Prellers prevail
- 24 Oct 2012 Robert Hodgins - People Watcher with a wicked sense of humour
- 24 Oct 2012 Rock Art and its lasting influence on JH Pierneef and Walter Battiss
- 24 Oct 2012 The allure of the landscape - Adolph Jentsch and the panoramas of Namibia
- 25 Oct 2012 Strauss & Co's Keerweder triumph
September
- 6 Sep 2012 Distinctive Kentridge Drawing
- 6 Sep 2012 Kentridge's Sleeper a unique working proof
- 6 Sep 2012 Parisian painting brings the fifties to life
- 6 Sep 2012 Sparkling Singer's jewellery to be auctioned
- 15 Sep 2012 Fusing British and South African Landscape Traditions
- 15 Sep 2012 House Sale in Franschhoek, The Contents of Keerweder:Own a piece of history
- 22 Sep 2012 Surprisingly good value at Strauss & Co Cape Town auction
August
- 5 Aug 2012 Seminal painting links African and Western traditions
- 6 Aug 2012 The Golden Age of Maria van Riebeeck
July
- 1 Jul 2012 Pick of the crop
June
- 11 Jun 2012 SA Art Rocks
May
- 22 May 2012 Strauss & Co, a force to be reckoned with
- 29 May 2012 Portrait reflects Sterns joy at discovering new worlds
April
- 20 Apr 2012 'Stern's Arab Spring' at Strauss & Co Continues
March
- 9 Mar 2012 Strauss & Co's distinguished Zanzibari Arab
- 22 Mar 2012 The most distinguished Arab at Strauss & Co's June auction
February
- 9 Feb 2012 Heart surgeon's collection steals collectors' hearts
- 22 Feb 2012 Free valuations at Strauss & Co, Johannesburg
- 22 Feb 2012 Suited for Power at Strauss & Co
January
- 31 Jan 2012 Girl in sunglasses reveals herself!
