Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading auction house, achieved R195.9 million (R195 936 848) in the period January through June from eight sales.
Rare collections of the World’s leading wines to be sold as single bottles
Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions, part of Africa’s Leading Auction House, proudly offers significant collections of the world’s greatest wines, now available as single bottles. The 579 bottles, half bottles and large formats from Penfolds Grange, Domaine de La Romanée Conti, Château Mouton Rothchild and Château d’Yquem stretch back to 1892!
Archived: Strauss & Co’s 2019 decorative arts sale features two impressive single-owner collections
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its forthcoming decorative arts sale in Cape Town, due to be held at the Vineyard Hotel on Monday, 7 October. Presented twice annually in Cape Town, this specialist sale is well known for featuring important single-owner collections. The catalogue for the upcoming spring sale includes art and objets from China, England and Japan drawn from two notable collections: the Andrew Newall Collection and the Estate late Mrs Sonia Lapin.
Strauss & Co’s August online sale covers half a century of South African ceramic art
Strauss & Co’s August online auction comprising 250 lots in three sessions with a dedicated South African ceramics focus, is now open for bidding. The timed online auction opens with the latest iteration of Strauss & Co’s Art Club and Impression/Expression sessions. CERAMICS The dedicated ceramic session opens with two special Linn Ware bowls, (c.1930s
Archived: Two centuries of artistic innovation compiled in Strauss & Co’s 2019 spring sale
A stirring Irma Stern portrait of a Watussi woman, painted on Stern’s second trip to the Belgian Congo in 1946, leads Strauss & Co’s impressive offering of historical paintings at its forthcoming spring sale in Cape Town. The widely exhibited painting, which is valued at R9 – 12 million, will go on sale at the Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, on 7 October, along with three portraits by Maggie Laubser and a diverse selection of works by J.H. Pierneef, among them five joyous paintings from a single-owner collection.
August Art Month at Welgemeend celebrates the geography, essence and history of the Western Cape
The 2023 edition of August Art Month at Welgemeend promises to deliver on its status as the premier art event in Cape Town’s winter culture calendar.
Archived: Single-owner collections shine at Strauss & Co’s 2019 upbeat spring sale
• 688-lot sale totals R55 million • Top lot – Irma Stern’s Watussi Woman with Mountains realises R10 242 000 • 3 new world records established including Judith Mason, Neil Rodger and Walter Meyer • JH Pierneef’s early Impressionistic work Gold & Green, Rooiplaat, N.T. sells for R2 732 200, 4 times the pre-sale estimate • Decorative Arts and Jewellery combined achieve a total of R12 million
Jewels Online: LAUNCH EDITION – Classic emeralds to contemporary designs
Leading African auction house Strauss & Co. is proud to announce the opening of their online standalone jewellery sale, curated by the company’s newly established jewellery department. The sale is open for view online until 2pm on 24th July and offers collectors and aficionados an eclectic selection that caters to a diverse range of tastes and budgets.
Archived: Strauss & Co 2019 November sale explores South African art 2019 love affair with Paris
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of the theme for its forthcoming Johannesburg sale, due to be held at its Houghton offices on Monday, 11 November. The summer sale will focus collectors’ attention on the strong influence Paris has exerted on South African art throughout the twentieth century.
J. H. Pierneef: Close to Home traces a half-century of innovation and unbroken fascination with the South African landscape
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce details for J. H. Pierneef: Close to Home, the third edition of its annual single-artist auction devoted to J. H. Pierneef, South Africa’s preeminent landscape painter. The live-virtual auction features 57 artworks representative of the many facets of Pierneef’s prodigious career. The auction will be held on Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg auction room.
