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Watercolor · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 17, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Three Portraits
Willie Bester (South African, b. 1956)
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ZAR 5,277 price realized incl. premium
≈ $326≈ £245≈ €289
Hammer ZAR 4,500 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 5,277
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- the first: 35,5 by 25cm, unframed; remaining two: 25 by 17cm excluding frame; 46 by 37 by 2cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- November Online Part II (175)
- Date
- November 29, 2021
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 302
- Estimate
- ZAR 4,500 – ZAR 5,500 (≈ $278 – $340) (≈ £209 – £255) (≈ €247 – €301)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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