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Strauss & Co · Aug 17, 2026ZAR 2,577 ≈ $159 ≈ £117 ≈ €137Sign up free to see price
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Shells and Egg
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 100,000 – ZAR 150,000 (≈ $14,283 – $21,425) (≈ £8,811 – £13,217) (≈ €10,099 – €15,148)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvasboard”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 17 by 36cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important South African Art (17)
- Date
- May 16, 2011
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 284
- Estimate
- ZAR 100,000 – ZAR 150,000 (≈ $14,283 – $21,425) (≈ £8,811 – £13,217) (≈ €10,099 – €15,148)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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