Join Strauss & Co Senior Art Specialist Dr Alastair Meredith on a walkabout through the May 2021 Virtual Live Auction preview, as he discusses some of the top lots to be sold in Johannesburg on 17 & 18 May 2021.
Strauss & Co Chairperson Frank Kilbourn joins the Azania Mosaka show on 702. Radio for their Art Education series.
Art for the Arch Auction for the Tutu Legacy Fund
An eruptive cheer greeted the R10.4 million sale of Alexis Preller’s dazzling 1965 composition Boy with a Crocodile following suspenseful rivalry between two collectors vying by telephone and online channels for this outstanding painting.
Stellenbosch: Strauss & Co, proudly presents 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees Benefit Auction, curated by RESERVOIR. The auction will be available for public viewing at Stellenbosch City Hall from 11 – 19 October 2025, with the online auction closing on 20 October 2025. True to RESERVOIR’s commitment to championing contemporary art, the auction brings together works
The dynamic transition to online marketing and sales, coupled with a strategic international technology partnership with Invaluable.com and – most importantly – the heartening support from its loyal clients, enabled Strauss & Co to achieve solid turnover in its maiden virtual auction. Held over two days in full compliance with national health regulations, with auctioneers leading the live-streamed sale from studios set up in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the nearly 650-lot sale earned R79 million with a lot sell-through rate of 77.34% and value sell-through rate of 78.61%.
Strauss & Co’s marathon winter live-streamed auction of nearly 800 lots offered by its three departments concluded on Monday, 12 July with combined earnings of nearly R7.5 million.
Strauss & Co is pleased to present ‘The Fine Jewellery Sale’, launching online on our website on Friday, 26th September 2025, with a live Evening Sale on Monday, 27th October 2025, in Cape Town. The auction features an exceptional selection of jewellery pieces from luxury jewellery houses, including South Africa’s own Browns and famed international
With museums and galleries closed during Covid-19 health lockdown, Strauss & Co’s online sale of Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine (25 May – 1 June) offers an inspiring journey through two centuries of art from South Africa, and beyond. Like a museum with many annexes, the 500-lot sale covers a range of artistic genres and periods, and features a handsome showcase of decorative arts and wines inspired by Chenin and Pinotage.
Wines produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, especially in the hallowed Burgundy region, are some of the most desirable in the world. Our Burgundy and Champagne theme offers a trove of the very best wines.
