Strauss & co - 7 November 2016, Johannesburg

14 The Collection of the Late Mr Chris (Tos) Du Toit Pretoria based Chris (Tos) du Toit (1933–2016) was a long-time friend of Walter Battiss. Tos published the novel Some People on his 80th birthday, and the book was illustrated with ‘exquisitely witty and tender drawings that Walter Battiss prepared for him’. Tos is remembered by Justice Edwin Cameron, a former pupil at Pretoria Boys High, as an inspiring linguist who taught English and Afrikaans at the school from 1955–1967. He enraptured his class, was funny, richly knowledgeable, and entertaining. He was a pedagogue at heart and dedicated to the well-being and intellectual development of his charges. He went on to teach English at the University of Pretoria. A very handsome man, Tos was also an Afrikaans actor, director, scriptwriter, producer. He gained prominence for his roles as the romantic lead in films such as Sien Jou Môre, Die Vlindervanger, Boland! and Flying Squad . He wrote and directed Elsa se Geheim starring Anna Neethling Pohl and an excellent cast of South African actors. He subsequently started his own film production company, CT Films, wrote five TV series and directed the movie Big Game . He is quoted as saying that ‘the only time you have to experience life is now, so don’t live in the past or in the future. Let everything be as it is.’ Lots 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 63, 68, 83, 84, 99, 120, 231, 241, 243, 250