Lot 148 · South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Books
Hippocrates of Cos No 3
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- Estimate
- R8,000–R12,000 hammer ≈ $602–$903
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Books, Online · 6 February 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13406624
- Record
- first seen 5 Aug 2026 · updated 5 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Walter Battiss, Hippocrates of Cos No 3. Strauss & Co, 6 Feb 2017, lot 148. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13406624.
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Walter Battiss, Hippocrates of Cos No 3. Strauss & Co, 6 Feb 2017, lot 148. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13406624.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mermaid | Conrad Botes | R6,000–R9,000 | |
| Witch Hunt | Norman Catherine | R8,000–R10,000 | |
| Cradle 3 | Walter Oltmann | R3,000–R5,000 | |
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| Abstract Landscape | Cecil Skotnes | R2,000–R4,000 | |
| A Couple | Michael Costello | R1,200–R1,600 |
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.