Press Office
2012 Archive
- Oct 24. Pricey Prellers prevail
- Oct 24. Museum quality works for sale at Strauss & Co
- Oct 24. Lucas Sithole's 'Young Girl'
- Oct 24. Robert Hodgins - People Watcher with a wicked sense of humour
- Oct 24. Rock Art and its lasting influence on JH Pierneef and Walter Battiss
- Oct 09. Keerweder - A Whale of a Sale, by Patrick Chapman
- Oct 06. Art session proves no recession
- Sep 15. House Sale in Franschhoek, The Contents of Keerweder: Own a piece of history
- Jun 11. SA Art Rocks
- Apr 20. 'Stern's Arab Spring' at Strauss & Co Continues
- Jan 31. Girl in sunglasses reveals herself!
2011 Archive
- Dec 01. Chairman's Report 2011
- Dec 01. Art and Glass Sparkle at Strauss & Cos Cape Town Auction in February
- Nov 07. South African art records continue to be broken
- Oct 15. Gerard Sekoto at the Pinnacle of his Career
- Oct 14. Will tallest Sithole break new auction records?
- Sep 26. Strauss continues to set new South African art records
- Aug 29. Stunning Stern comes to the market
- Aug 23. Stunning Stern leads the field at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in September
- Jul 21. Over R718 000 raised for art bursaries at Michaelis
- Jul 05. ALUMNI AND STAFF EXHIBITION and AUCTION Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
- May 20. Greater Strength and Variety in the Art Market
- Apr 14. Good Value in Quality Art at Strauss & Co
- Apr 13. Pieter Wenning, an underrated artist
- Apr 01. Flower name raises over half a million
- Mar 16. Art beats JSE Index
- Mar 08. An expensive cup of coffee
- Feb 03. Two Early Cape Paintings
- Jan 28. Two milestones in South African Art back under the hammer
- Jan 21. Collectors spoilt for choice at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in March
2010 Archive
- Dec 01. Chairman's Review 2010
- Dec 01. Voorsitters Oorsig
- Nov 12. A sparkling array
- Nov 01. Art market grabs investor's imagination and opens pockets at Strauss & Co Auction
- Oct 19. Millions for South African Paintings
- Oct 18. Strauss & Co set a new record for South African art
- Oct 11. New record for South African art
- Sep 23. Top South African Paintings at Strauss & Co's October Auction
- Aug 31. Pierneef attracts wide interest
- Aug 30. Ruth First and Lilian Ngoyi Celebrated in Artwork at Auction
- Aug 03. Jewellery Week at Strauss & Co
- Jul 23. Another Irma Stern Still Life Poised to Break Auction Records
- Jul 23. Valuation Day at The Marine, Hermanus
- Jun 26. Stanley Pinker's, The Wheel of Life, 1974, to be offered for sale in Cape Town on 11 October 2010
- Jun 25. Forthcoming Cape Town Auction
- May 30. Rhodes statue led Welz to success
- May 25. Four South African Still Lifes sell for R22 million
- May 18. Auction of Important South African, British and Continental Paintings and Sculpture
- May 10. Maud Sumner – "a sound investment"
- May 03. Important work by Deborah Bell on auction at Strauss & Co, Johannesburg, 24 May 2010
- May 02. Artists with a passion for Africa
- Mar 25. Irma Stern - Still Life with Dahlias and Fruit
- Mar 16. "Bad News" proves to be good news
- Feb 08. Anton Van Wouw - Bad News
- Feb 08. Jane Alexander - Racework
- Feb 01. Edith Dodo Estate Collection
2009 Archive
- Dec 05. The Icon Project
- Dec 02. Strauss & Co. breaks R 100 million – now South Africa's leading art auction house
- Oct 13. Blue chip art auction house at the helm of the market in its first year of operation.
- Oct 08. Millions paid for South African Art & Antiques
- Oct 01. Internationally acknowledged art expert joins South Africa's leading Fine Art Auction House
- Sep 11. South African Auction confirms strengths in the art market
- Sep 10. Powerful study of an Athleteby Fanie Eloff
- Sep 10. Arresting 18th century Cape Buffet, a welcome surprise for collectors
- Aug 15. Important British, Continental and South African Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture - Edoardo Villa
- Aug 15. Strauss & Co. presents a bigger all embracing auction of South African Art
- Mar 09. Post Sale Press Release - Inaugural Auction of Important South African Paintings Watercolours and Sculpture
- Feb 24. South Africa's best-known painting to be auctioned
Private donation of iconic Chris Levin designs to boost Iziko Collection
May 24, 2013 - Last Thursday evening a glamorous occasion took place in the Wanderers Club Ballroom Johannesburg, during which 50 magnificent garments of vintage couture from the private collection of South African fashion legend Chris Levin, went under the hammer.
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R1 818 880 for "Last Supper"
May 20, 2013 - Strauss & Co, Johannesburg: The much disputed decision by the Institute for Catholic Education to sell the Cecil Skotnes triptych removed from the Santa Sophia Chapel in Pretoria has had an astounding result.
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Strauss & Co to sell one of the world's most reproduced paintings
May 15, 2013 - Johannesburg: Frans Oerder's still life, Blossom Time, will be sold at Strauss & Co's much anticipated Evening Sale on Monday 20 May 2013 in the Wanderers Club Ballroom.
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Tretchi fever heats up
May 15, 2013 - Controversial Russian born artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, nicknamed King of Kitsch, is top of the pops as auction prices for his paintings continue to soar, seemingly eclipsing the two long-time market leaders Pierneef and Stern.
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You only live twice.....
May 10, 2013 - Strauss & Co's autumn auction of important South African & International Art to be held at The Wanderers Club in Johannesburg on Monday, 20 May, features two sleek and stylish items of office furniture designed by the celebrated Danish architect and designer, Bodil Kjaer.
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Vladimir Tretchikoff's unique rendition of Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Alicia Markova
May 10, 2013 - Johannesburg: Dying Swan by Vladimir Tretchikoff, one of the most commercially successful artists of our time, will be sold by leading auction house, Strauss & Co, on 20 May 2013
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Strauss & Co goes Vintage with South African Haute Couture Legend, Chris Levin
April 29, 2013 - Strauss & Co, in conjunction with the charity Vintage, with Love, are staging an auction of vintage couture from the personal archives of the legendary South African couturier, Chris Levin.
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Iconic South African artworks spanning 160 years set to go under the hammer in May
April 24, 2013 - A striking number of iconic artworks by South Africas foremost artists will lead Strauss & Cos South African and International Art sale at The Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg on 20 May 2013.
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