Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa August 2016 | Page 18

IN MEMORIUM

Julius Buchinsky
1932 - 2016
“You can only do so much gardening” said Julius
Buchinsky, the man who brought auctioneering to the
forefront of the market over the last forty years. “And
your garden is only ever really for you, whereas in
business, the seeds you plant can impact thousands.”
Sadly, at 11.20pm on Wednesday June 29, Cape
Town’s most famous auctioneer succumbed to liver
and pancreatic cancer at the age of 85.
With a career that started in retail, managing the
family business in Maitland in the 40’s, Buchinsky
moved onto the prop