An exquisite selection of highly sought-after fine and rare Italian and Spanish wine is going under the hammer in the Strauss & Co Virtual Live Auction taking place on Sunday, 14 May at 11am.
Archived: Top Ten, 12 October 2015
Important South African and International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Archived: Art Nouveau: The Birth of Modern Style with Guest Lecturer, Dr Gregorio Thaon di Revel Mazzonis di Pralafera
We have a special treat for our Strauss & Co audience.
Archived: Strauss & Co’s May Timed Online Auction Celebrates Namibian Landscape Art
Strauss & Co is excited to announce its upcoming May Timed Online auction, which features a special focus session titled Namibian Horizons.
Archived: Van Wouw Dagga Smoker won with ten cent raffle ticket among highlights at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg Auction on 9 November 2015
Strauss & Co’s summer auction on 9 November at the Wanderers Club will include among its highlights an Italian casting of Anton van Wouw’s famous Dagga Smoker. The sculpture was donated by the artist as a raffle prize to raise funds for the Dutch Relief Fund during World War 2. Tickets cost one shilling (10 cents). At the time the sculpture was valued at 60 pounds. It is expected to fetch in excess of R350 000 on auction this November.
Archived: Strauss & Co’s upcoming March timed online auction celebrates colour and nuance
Leading auction house Strauss & Co’s current online auction, featuring modern and contemporary art, opens today Monday, 6 March, with a special session dedicated to the theme “Celebrating Colour.”
Archived: Rare colour work by exiled south African artist Dumile Feni sells for new world record price at Strauss & Co sale in Johannesburg
New collectors interested in South African modernism are diversifying tastes and affirming new auction heroes within this vibrant category.
Archived: Strauss Summer Auction headlined by rare and exemplary works by Preller, Stern, Kentridge, Pierneef and Van Wouw
High-quality artworks representing a number of top South African and international artists at their best are among the pieces on auction at Strauss & Co’s Summer auction on 9 November at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg
Archived: Strauss & Co’s strong catalogue of women artists tracks a history of innovation from Maggie Laubser and Irma Stern to Sethembile Msezane and Ruby Swinney
Cape Town Auction Week, Strauss & Co’s marquee live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art, jewellery, silver, furniture and fine wine, culminates with an evening sale of important art on Tuesday, 28 March 2023, at 7pm, that affirms the sustained contribution of South African women artists.
Archived: Strauss & Co confirms its rock-solid reputation with a catalogue of blue-chip works by South African modernists for its May auction
The cover lot for leading African auction house Strauss & Co’s forthcoming live-virtual auction on 16 May 2023 is a magisterial still life by Irma Stern, the most prized painter at auction in Africa. A gorgeous confection of colour, Still Life with Dahlias and Pumpkin (estimate R10 – 12 million/ $552 330 – 662 795)