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An expensive cup of coffee
8 Mar 2011
A Cape Silver coffee pot by an unknown 18th century Cape silversmith with the initials HNS last night sold for R512 400.
This was followed closely by a Cape silver sugar basket by the same silversmith which sold for R490 160. The two pieces realised over R1 million. These are the two most expensive pieces of Cape silver ever sold. Both pieces more than doubled the previous highest price paid for a piece of South African silver. They were sold on Monday night at an auction held in Cape Town by South Africa’s premier fine art auction house Strauss & Co. These pieces were held in the Du Plessis family for six generations, having been first acquired in the 1780s. Both pieces featured on South African postage stamps issued in November 1985.
For further information,
Bina Genovese
Media Liaison, bina@straussart.co.za
083 680 9944
www.straussart.co.za
2011 Press Releases
December
- 1 Dec 2011 Art and Glass Sparkle at Strauss & Co's Cape Town Auction in February
- 1 Dec 2011 Chairman's Report 2011
November
October
- 14 Oct 2011 Will tallest Sithole break new auction records?
- 15 Oct 2011 Gerard Sekoto at the Pinnacle of his Career
September
August
- 23 Aug 2011 Stunning Stern leads the field at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in September
- 29 Aug 2011 Stunning Stern comes to the market
July
- 5 Jul 2011 ALUMNI AND STAFF EXHIBITION and AUCTION & Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
- 21 Jul 2011 Over R718 000 raised for art bursaries at Michaelis
May
- 10 May 2011 Lost painting by Stern recalls one of South Africa's greatest musicians
- 20 May 2011 Greater Strength and Variety in the Art Market
April
- 1 Apr 2011 Flower name raises over half a million
- 13 Apr 2011 Pieter Wenning, an underrated artist
- 14 Apr 2011 Good Value in Quality Art at Strauss & Co
March
- 8 Mar 2011 An expensive cup of coffee
- 16 Mar 2011 Art beats JSE Index
February
- 3 Feb 2011 Two Early Cape Paintings
January
