Year: 2016

Strauss & Co – Important South African and International Art – Johannesburg 7 November 2016

A year of robust auction sales at Strauss & Co has seen South Africa’s leading auction house achieve a record turnover of R218 million (a 4% increase on 2015).

Marc Chagall’s Pour Gustave Zumsteg at Strauss & Co’s 14 March auction tells the great story of a restauranteur and the leading artists of the day.

A Vladimir Tretchikoff painting, which had been sold by the artist after a chance meeting with a Pietermaritzburg couple in 1959, could earn its new pensioned owner over half a million when it goes on auction in May.

Strauss & Co’s 14 March auction offers art lovers insights into the art and ideas shared by Picasso and Battiss when they met in Paris in the 40s.

International art expert and auctioneer, Dendy Easton, will be in Cape Town this week to provide free valuations and participate in the Strauss & Co auction on March 14th.

Treasures once part of the historic Vergelegen estate in Somerset West will be sold by Strauss & Co in their much anticipated auction on 14 March.

At Strauss & Co’s auction Monday in Cape Town, Robert Hodgins’ roguish Bad Man with Great Threads sold for R2,4 million, more than three times the pre-sale estimates.

Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Do you know what your art is worth? Strauss & Co specialists will provide free valuations at their Johannesburg premises on Tuesday 5 April 2016.