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
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for North/South, an exciting weeklong virtual sale of art, fine wine and decorative arts due to be held over five consecutive days from 8–12 November 2020.
CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co is proud to be a silver sponsor of the 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees (11–19 October 2025), which this year marks its 25th anniversary with a vibrant programme of more than 400 productions under the theme “Share”. Guided by Strauss & Co director and art patron Caro Wiese, Strauss &
Strauss & Co’s forthcoming auction of modern, post-war and contemporary art, decorative arts and fine wine (27 August – 7 September) coincides with a felicitous change in mood signalled by the easing of lockdown restrictions, imminent arrival of spring and launch of the 2020 edition of the RMB Turbine Art Fair. Art highlights from this online-only auction include works by auction evergreens Walter Battiss, Peter Clarke, William Kentridge, Nelson Makamo, J.H. Pierneef and Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi.
Time-honoured customs may have been upended by a global pandemic, but Strauss & Co is once again participating in the annual RMB Turbine Art Fair with a vigorous programme of contributions to this year’s virtual edition. These contributions include a talk by Strauss & Co chairperson Frank Kilbourn and two-person exhibition devoted to Gladys Mgudlandlu and Maggie Laubser.
Strauss & Co is proud to present a landmark fine wine auction celebrating South Africa’s vinous heritage – featuring the Engen Cellar Collection, an extraordinary private cellar that includes some of the rarest and most historically significant South African wines from the 1970s to 1980s. This cellar has exceeded all expectations in both condition and consistency, particularly remarkable given the age of the
In what can only be read as an affirmation of South African art and artists, Strauss & Co posted a new record turnover for an individual online-only sale. Timed to coincide with its parallel participation in the virtual edition of the recent RMB Turbine Art Fair (27 August – 2 September), Strauss & Co’s fifth online-only auction of 2020 grossed R7 288 495.
Strauss & Co presents “The Luxury Edit: Designer Handbags and Accessories“, the first of its kind with the company. The timed online auction (22 September – 6th October 2025) brings together luxury goods from renowned international design houses; Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, alongside the South African design house, Lorenzi, the
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce that its forthcoming North/South sale (8–11 November 2020) will include a session exclusively devoted to the holdings of the Tasso Foundation Collection of important South African art assembled by the late Giulio Bertrand. Italian-born Giulio Bertrand (1927–2018) is best known to South Africans for his transformative activities at Morgenster Estate in Somerset West.
Strauss & Co is pleased to present a special focused sale “Embodied: A Selection of Works Exploring the Figure” (17th – 30th September 2025). The sale coincides with “September ART”, a monthly timed online sale featuring works that highlight the breadth of South African art through its curated sessions: Art Club, Paintings, Works on Paper,
