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Watercolor · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 19, 2026ZAR 12,013 ≈ $740 ≈ £546 ≈ €637Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Crocodile
Colbert Mashile (South African, b. 1972)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $480 – $720) (≈ £359 – £539) (≈ €415 – €623)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 76 by 56,5cm excluding frame; 92 by 72 by 4cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- March ART (493)
- Date
- March 9, 2026
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 258
- Estimate
- ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $480 – $720) (≈ £359 – £539) (≈ €415 – €623)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2026 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Mar 9, 2026 · Strauss & Co this result
March ART, lot 258
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000
As catalogued
Colbert Mashile, “Crocodile”
watercolour on paper
76 by 56,5cm excluding frame; 92 by 72 by 4cm including frame
Aug 19, 2026 · Strauss & Co
Patchwork, lot 92
Sold ZAR 12,013Sign up to see · est. ZAR 7,000 – ZAR 10,000
As catalogued
Colbert Mashile, “Crocodile”
watercolour on paper
76 by 56,5cm excluding frame; 92 by 72 by 4cm including frame
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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