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.
The Poets Are Working
A landmark group exhibition situating Southern African art within a global Surrealist lineage Southern Guild is pleased to present The Poets Are Working, a major group exhibition curated by Anna-Michelle Roux, and presented in in collaboration with Strauss & Co and the Kilbourn Collection. Bringing together historical works by Frederick Hutchison Page (1908–1984), Alexis Preller
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%.
Strauss & Co April auctions offer historically important African works
· April online sales lead with special section relating to landmark London African Art exhibition · April ‘Art Club’ brings unique introduction to collecting by Strauss & Co specialists · Affordable collecting highlights the 500-plus lots of modern and contemporary art JOHANNESBURG: Strauss & Co powers ahead this month with its monthly series of considered
Archived: Consignments open for North/South, Strauss & Co’s 2019 new cross-country virtual sale
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.
Strauss & Co brings the magic to Cape Town, realising superb results across the week’s sales
A packed auction room at the start Strauss & Co’s flagship Cape Town Auction Week heralded a mood of sustained enthusiasm for the superb consignments offered in the company’s Woodstock salesroom. Held across two days, on 24 and 25 March 2026, the sales saw excellent results for paintings by Irma Stern, Gerard Sekoto, and J.H.
Archived: Strauss & Co’s 2019 fifth online-only auction of 2020 highlights the importance of charity
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.
Important private collections feature in Strauss & Co March sales of modern and contemporary art
Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, is pleased to announce details of its flagship Cape Town live-virtual auctions to be held on 24 and 25 March 2026 at the company’s Woodstock salesroom. The programme comprises four auctions, beginning with collectable modern and contemporary art on the first day, followed on the next day by
Archived: Gladys Mgudlandlu and Maggie Laubser lead Strauss & Co 2019 diverse presentation at the 2020 RMB Turbine Art Fair
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 flagship March auctions of modern and contemporary art open with Sterns from Boiskin Art Collection
Strauss & Co is privileged to offer works by leading South African modernists acquired by Cape Town collectors Stan and Li Boiskin at its flagship live-virtual auctions in Cape Town on Tuesday, 24 March 2026. Assembled over many decades by Stan and Li Boiskin, well-known cultural patrons active in community organisations and public life, the
