Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for its live broadcast auction of modern, post-war and contemporary art, decorative arts and jewellery, as well as a standalone sale of sweet and fortified wines and whisky, due to be held on 11 and 12 July 2021.
Strauss & Co presents Magnificent Jewels, a live sale taking place on Tuesday, 9 June at 7pm with necklaces as the defining thread across the catalogue. The theme feels timely. Recent red-carpet appearances at the 2026 Met Gala highlighted the statement necklace as a defining jewellery category. Emily Blunt wore a Mikimoto body necklace draped with sweeping strands of pearls, while
The July 2020 Online Auction is the Decorator’s dream.
Non-selling exhibition of artworks by George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba (1912-2001) and Robert Hodgins (1920-2010), accompanied by an illustrated printed catalogue.
Strauss & Co presents a unique opportunity to acquire wines that define Burgundy’s legacy, aged bottles direct from the ancient 15 Century cellars of Bouchard Père et Fils. These historic bottles, among the last remaining examples from the 20th and early 21st centuries, represent some of the Domaine’s most important cuvées. Fine vintages across the
Sensitive to the current COVID-19 situation and in full compliance with the restrictions that have been imposed, Strauss & Co is forging ahead with the programme of Online auctions. It is indeed encouraging to note that, despite all the gloom and doom, there is unwavering interest in the arts, both fine and decorative.
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of a single-owner auction of modern and contemporary art, Cape furniture, ceramics and a library of books assembled by the legendary South African auctioneer Stephan Welz and his wife Carmen Welz. The sale Deep Roots: Selected Works from Stephan and Carmen Welz (Wednesday, 27 May 2026) includes a large
The cover lot of Strauss & Co’s winter Live Virtual auction, due to be held over three days from 26 to 28 July, is a monumental bushveld scene by JH Pierneef. Painted in 1953, Bosveld (estimate R9 – 12 million) is a masterpiece from this coveted painter’s late period and originates from a superb single-owner collection that includes museum-quality works by Gregoire Boonzaier, Dylan Lewis, Alexis Preller, Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern and Edoardo Villa, among others.
A historically important Gerard Sekoto painting depicting Sophiatown, a multi-cultural suburb of Johannesburg destroyed under apartheid, leads an exceptional consignment of works by ground-breaking black artists in Strauss & Co’s flagship live-virtual Evening Sale of modern and contemporary art in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 26 May 2026 at 7pm. They include pioneer black modernists Gerard Bhengu
Works by acclaimed artists Wim Botha, William Kentridge, Misheck Masamvu, Athi-Patra Ruga, Penny Siopis and Portia Zvavahera – artists who have all exhibited at the prestigious Venice Biennale – form part of the extensive contemporary art offering from Strauss & Co’s forthcoming winter Live Virtual sale, due to be held over three days from 26 to 28 July. Bidding for the contemporary consignment will commence on Monday, 27 July at 4pm with a work on paper by Kentridge, Telegrams from the Nose (estimate R90 000 – 120 0000).
