High-quality artworks by top South African and international artists will feature at Strauss & Co’s auction on 23 May at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg
Archived: Raise your hat as important Stern comes home
Strauss & Co’s upcoming auction will be headlined by a striking portrait, returning from Australia, of one of Irma Stern’s closest friends. It will go on auction on Monday 23 May at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg.
Archived: Millions achieved for South African Art at Strauss & Co
Strauss & Co’s auction in Johannesburg last night which achieved a total of almost R42 million, was characterised by a packed auction room and a busy bank of telephones. The top lot of the auction, Irma Stern’s Portrait of Freda Feldman with Basuto Hat, which sold on the telephone for over R5 million, was repatriated from Australia to be sold by Strauss & Co.
Archived: Top Ten, 23 May 2016
Important South African and International Art – 23 May 2015 – Top Ten Lots
Archived: Highly important Zanzibar portrait by Irma Stern of praying man poised to go under the hammer at Strauss & Co
• Praying Arab expected to fetch R16 – 18 million/ $839 375 – 944 300.
• Composition dates from pivotal Zanzibar period and features original frame.
• Stern market remains incredibly buoyant after 2023 African record.
• Strauss & Co is offering Irma Stern’s, Praying Arab (1945) and Red Dahlias (1955).
Archived: Leading/Inspirational businesswomen, Khetiwe McClain and Jo-Ann Strauss, join Strauss & Co
Strauss & Co announces the appointment of Khetiwe McClain and Jo-Ann Strauss to the company’s board of directors. Their appointment is effective immediately. Khetiwe McClain, a mining entrepreneur with an international background in art, joins the company as Client Advisory Executive. Jo-Ann Strauss, a media entrepreneur and international speaker, will serve as a Non-Executive Director.
Archived: Strauss & Co Specialists on the Road
Specialists from Strauss & Co will be visiting East London, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Knysna and Hermanus in June to conduct obligation-free valuations of paintings, sculpture, silver, and Chinese porcelain.
Archived: Strauss & Co’s August online sale covers half a century of South African ceramic art
Strauss & Co’s August online auction comprising 250 lots in three sessions with a dedicated South African ceramics focus, is now open for bidding. The timed online auction opens with the latest iteration of Strauss & Co’s Art Club and Impression/Expression sessions. CERAMICS The dedicated ceramic session opens with two special Linn Ware bowls, (c.1930s
Archived: Rare collections of the World’s leading wines to be sold as single bottles
Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions, part of Africa’s Leading Auction House, proudly offers significant collections of the world’s greatest wines, now available as single bottles. The 579 bottles, half bottles and large formats from Penfolds Grange, Domaine de La Romanée Conti, Château Mouton Rothchild and Château d’Yquem stretch back to 1892!
Archived: Hermanus Fynarts Festival
The Stephan Welz series of Fynarts Talks
