AUCTION OF SA ART & VINTAGE SWISS WATCHES

A selection of South African art is up for auction in Durban on July 22 together with a Swiss watch made during World War 1.

David Unterslak, Consolidated Auction's Group KZN Managing Member and the auctioneer for this auction said: "Our most recent art auction was a great success attracting a big crowd with some serious buyers. We have a whole new range of artworks just in from a signed limited edition hand-coloured print by Salvador Dali, titled Blue Unicorn, based on his original artwork, Happy Unicorn, to large scale gentle pastoral paintings by Gabriel de Jong, Errol Boyle and Michael Albertyn. We also have an artwork by Durban artist, Pascal Chandler, and an oil painting, a typical South African landscape, by De Jong’s grandson, Casey van der Leek.”

Of particular interest for collectors would be the wide range of Swiss watches including a historical Elgin WW 1 Trench watch with a classic brown leather strap. “It’s very elegant and can be used as a pocket watch and you can see the fantastic detail of the inner workings of the watch” says Unterslak. “There’s a 1962 18ct gold Omega constellation Pie-Pan Dial vintage watch and a 1960 Zenith mechanical 14ct gold filled watch up for auction, a stainless steel Cortebert sport watch and a gold plated Swiss Emperor watch."

Also on auction is a range of old South African currency, a silk Qum, valuable jewellery and a dramatic bronze sculpture by E Drout of a Roman god capturing a jaguar.

The auction of artwork, jewellery and watches takes place on July 22 at 11h00 at Consolidated Auction Group, 90 Intersite Avenue, Umgeni Business Park, Durban. More information from Melissa De Bruin on 031 263 0104, fax 031 263 0108 or cell 079 517 9998.