Red-hot sale on a cool Cape da
Art and Artists

Red-hot sale on a cool Cape day

A night of vigorous bidding at Strauss & Co’s s spring auction in Cape Town generated R58 million in sales, a record for the Cape Town office and the second highest individual sale result for South Africa’s leading auction house. The sale, which featured over 630 pieces, achieved an 82.5% sell-through rate, an achievement unmatched by rivals.

Bad Man tops Great Sale
Art and Artists

Bad Man tops Great Sale

If you have a spare couple-of-million lying around, you could have been in the running to buy Robert Hodgins’ Bad Man with Great Threads. The roguish piece sold yesterday for R2,4 million – more than three times the pre-sales estimate.