Robust bidding for the 695 lots in Strauss & Co’s second online auction for 2020 saw this “lockdown” sale total R6 million from 499 lots sold, (inclusive of aftersales), a new company record for online. Speaking via Zoom from his home in Cape Town due to restrictions imposed by a national health lockdown, Strauss & Co chairperson Frank Kilbourn said the sale affirmed a company decision in 2013 to embark on a digital journey.
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Archived: New format for live auction scheduled for 10 and 11 May 2020
A message from Chairperson, Frank Kilbourn
Celebrating Silver – including The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection Part II
Cape Town: Following the resounding success of The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collect Part I Cape Silver Auction, Strauss & Co is delighted to present The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collect Part II, alongside our annual Celebrating Silver auction This two-part online auction offers a journey through the world of silver, featuring an exceptional selection of English
Archived: Trove of superb Irma Stern paintings tops Strauss & Co’s 2019 Live Virtual May sale
Strauss & Co is very pleased to announce details of its much-anticipated autumn sale, due to be held on Sunday 10 and Monday 11 May. This important two-day sale includes paintings by several important twentieth-century moderns, including Irma Stern, items from three notable single-owner collections of decorative arts and a Bordeaux-themed sale of rare wines from South Africa and France.
Strauss & Co partners with Art Auction East Africa to bolster secondary market for East African art
• Two-part auction: live-virtual sale and concurrent timed-online works on paper • Live sale headlined by Geoffrey Mukasa, K. F. Msangi and Sam Ntiro • Partnership builds on Circle Art Agency’s Art Auction East Africa – pioneering work in Kenya since 2013 NAIROBI – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, and Danda Jaroljmek, Director of Art Auction East Africa, are pleased to announce details of Art
Archived: Travelling artists: Battiss, Pierneef, Preller and Stern lead Strauss & Co’s 2019 Live Virtual May sale
Travel was central to the life and work of Walter Battiss, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern, four important twentieth-century moderns whose work forms the core of Strauss & Co’s superb art offering to be auctioned online on Monday, 11 May. The change in format of Strauss & Co’s autumn sale of important South African moderns was necessitated by the current Covid-19 outbreak.
Archived: Refinement and tradition central to Strauss & Co’s 2019 Live Virtual decorative arts auction
Strauss & Co is proud to announce the auction of three notable single-owner collections in its online sale of 19th Century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Wine, due to be held on Monday, 11 May. The revised virtual format was necessitated by the current Covid-19 outbreak.
Archived: Strauss & Co offers two exceptional single-owner collections of decorative arts
Strauss & Co’s forthcoming March sale in Cape Town includes a fine selection of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and works art, English silverware and Cape furniture from two distinguished single-owner collections. The impeccable consignments from the Dr J.R. and Mary Strong Collection and Dr Johan Bolt Collection showcase artisanal traditions from various cultural epochs. Collectively, they evidence the role of passion and connoisseurship in building a collection.
Stern portrait and Picasso seascape highlight Strauss & Co’s third International Sale
Strauss & Co will present the third edition of its cross-category art auction The International Sale on Tuesday, 28 October 2025. The two-part auction brings together collectable artworks spanning five centuries, with a distinguished selection of paintings, prints, photography and sculpture by international artists drawn from private South African collections. Headlining The International Sale is
Archived: Strauss & Co shatters R100-million barrier
– Record-breaking sale total - South African record for Alexis Preller - 93% value sell-through rate
