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The Jollof cocktail at Edge in Cape Town.

Take a sip of summer

Summer coffee drinks, US executions and Michael Jackson's glove

Off the wall: South African art jewellers reinvent the still life

Fifteen South African art jewellers reinterpret the classic still life

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Roland Peens

The wine specialist on farm life, Willoughby’s sushi and his schoolboy crush on Steffi Graf

Going once: Five lots that caught our eye at Strauss & Co’s September auctions

Art to admire and desire

Why rare, antique and coloured diamonds are the new luxury

The diamond industry is shifting its focus from size and sparkle to rarity and provenance, as discerning buyers seek out antique, colourful and scarce natural diamonds.

Vintage comic books. Supplied

Four auctions worth watching right now – from R1,500 art finds to Cartier curiosities

From South African art and jewellery to Christie’s collectibles and vintage comics, these four auctions offer standout lots worth bidding on now

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It’s hammer time

Russell Kaplan’s new showroom turns auctions into art – 7,200 lots, fierce online bidding and Joburg’s coolest vintage treasures

Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Lady of the Orient. Picture: Supplied

Tretchikoff painting sells for R31m

Another record has been smashed with Strauss & Co’s auction of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s ‘Lady from the Orient’

Animal Auction. Pictures: Supplied.

Big game, bright lights  

The wildlife industry is staging a pyrotechnic comeback amid renewed demand for top breeding specimens

Mid-century clay, culture and creativity

Strauss & Co showcases Kalahari Studio’s fusion of modernism and South African cultural design in a new exhibition and auction