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.
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Rare works by Jean Welz from the collection of his son, Strauss & Co’s founding director Stephan Welz, poised to go under the hammer
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
Archived: Major Pierneef Landscape heads Strauss & Co July flagship auction
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.
Important paintings by Gerard Sekoto and Penny Siopis in Strauss & Co’s flagship Johannesburg sale
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
Archived: From Venice to Virtual: Strauss & Co’s 2019 sale features acclaimed contemporary artists
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).
100 Years: Lalique, Silver and Art from the collection of Vera Dubin.
Strauss & Co is pleased to present 100 Years: Lalique, Silver and Art from the collection of Vera Dubin, a timed-online sale from 30 April to 25 May 2026. Shaped over a century, the collection of Dr. Vera Dubin offers a portrait of a life lived in close and continuous dialogue with the arts. Dubin’s
Archived: Strauss & Co’s live virtual auction sets new South African wine record with Kanonkop
Strauss & Co established a new South African wine-auction record when a rare vertical tracking three decades of Kanonkop’s Paul Sauer, South Africa’s most iconic red wine, sold to an online bidder for R546 240 at the start of its three-day virtual auction. The exceptional offering of 19 large-format bottles of Kanonkop’s signature Bordeaux-style wine attracted considerable interest and eventually sold for double the pre-sale estimate.
Strauss & Co May Auctions Lead with Unmissable Photography Collection
Photography as a medium is faced, across all global markets, with a collecting challenge. The medium’s accessibility and reproducibility give rise to a perception among audiences that it is possible for anyone to do. This has been exacerbated by the rise of now ubiquitous smartphone cameras and an image culture rooted in social media. As
Archived: Stalwarts and newcomers ensure solid results at Strauss & Co’s 2019 three-day live sale
The emergence of a new class of younger collectors coupled with a strong showing by auction favourites J. H. Pierneef and Irma Stern enabled Strauss & Co to achieve solid results from its three-day live sale of South African fine wine and Modern, Post-War and Contemporary art. The sale was live-streamed from Strauss & Co’s offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town to an international audience and it attracted a large cohort of online and telephone bidders. The sale, which concluded on Tuesday evening with Session 5, earned a total of R66.9 million with a satisfying lot sell-through rate of close to 80%.
Heirloom Futures: A Contemporary Fashion Exhibition and Benefit Auction at Norval Foundation
Heirloom Futures is a landmark contemporary fashion exhibition and benefit auction celebrating African design, craftsmanship, and cultural storytelling. Presented by Norval Foundation in partnership with Buchanan & Co., the exhibition positions fashion as both cultural artefact and collectible art form. “Initiatives like Heirloom Futures create a platform where designers, collectors and audiences can engage with
