In a bold and exciting new move, leading South African auction house Strauss & Co has diversified its sales offerings by launching the Strauss & Co Shop at www.straussart.co.za
A delightful bounty of 2012 vintage wines, historical English and Cape country furniture and eye-catching portraits by South African painters offered by Strauss & Co in a trio of online-only auctions yielded excellent results.
Strauss & Co is pleased to report the successful conclusion of its first live virtual auction of decorative arts in 2022.
Collector interest in works on paper by William Kentridge, notably two early drawings from the 1980s, saw Strauss & Co post a string of solid results for this renowned artist following the conclusion of Johannesburg Auction Week, which ended on 17 May 2022.
Vintage South African red wines from the mid-20th century were in high demand at Sunday’s Strauss & Co Virtual Online auction, showcasing an ultra-rare treasure trove from the Tabernacle cellar. GS 1966 reached R43,244 per bottle while the 1968 was sold at a record price of R34,140 per bottle all including commissions. Recently, Christian Eedes awarded the GS 1968, 95 points, while the 1966 famously received 20/20 from Jancis Robinson.
Not even an unpredictable national electricity grid could deter collectors from pursuing the 71 lots in Strauss & Co’s single-artist sale of works by the much-loved landscape painter J. H. Pierneef.
Cape Town Auction Week, Strauss & Co’s marquee sale of art, wine, decorative arts and jewellery, successfully concluded on 22 September 2022 with solid results noted across a number of categories.
A sustained mood of optimism among collectors drove strong results for modern and contemporary art at Strauss & Co’s flagship Johannesburg auction on 26 May 2026, with record prices achieved for important paintings by Penny Siopis and Gerard Sekoto. The highlight of a busy programme of Johannesburg sales, the Evening Sale grossed R42 648 438.
A boutique sale of the property of a Johannesburg book designer hosted earlier this week by Strauss & Co concluded on a highly positive note with 93% of the 233 lots finding buyers.
Strauss & Co art specialist Marion Dixon discusses the painterliness in the work of Contemporary South African painters Georgina Gratrix , Mia Chaplin and Bastiaan van Stenis coming up in the March 2021 Online-Only Auction.
