Here is a little more of South African
history that few know about.
Gordon Vorster was born in Warrenton, near Kimberley, on the 17th
of September 1924
Being a diamond digger, his father led a nomadic life and,
through accompaning him on his trips, Gordon got to know the
Kalahari and Griqualands at an early stage of his life. He was
educated at the Diamantveld Hoërskool in Kimberley, and origanally
intended to become an accountant. During the war he joined the S.A.
Air Force and saw service in North Africa and Italy. His
experiences in Italy fostered an interest in art which resulted in
his decision to study instead, and did so at the University of the
Witwatersrand.
In 1950 he joined the Killarney Film Studios as Art Director
where he was involved with many documentary and featurefilms as a
writer, producer and director. He kept to this until 1963 when he
decided to stop full-time filming in order to devote all his
attention to his paintings. He started exibiting in 1964 and the
enthusiasm of the critics and art collectors encouraged him to take
this step.
He built himself a house at the confluence of the Crocodile and
Jukskei rivers and concentrated on painting . His works now hang in
South African art museums and in corporate and private collections
in South Africa and overseas.
He was an accomplished actor, and was awarded the 'Oscar' of the
Motion Picture Producer's Ass. for his performance in the film
'Pappa Lap'. He also won two Star Tonight Awards for 'The Story of
an African Farm' and 'The Pain'. Gordon 's first novel, 'The
Textures of Silence', won the prestigious Golden Cape prize of
R25.000,00.
Gordon Vorster passed away in October 1988 at the age of 64 and
left a wonderfull collection of artworks to the community.
The prints are all signed and numbered.
There are forty two prints in the complete collection
These prints make excellent gifts, corporate decor and represent an
outstanding private collection reflective of an era that has all
but disappeared and an artist the likes of which might never be
seen again
The prints are unique and valuable as they will never be
reproduced again as we solely hold the reproduction rights.They are
reproduced to a size of 70cm by 100cm which approximates the
originals and is essential to. Each print is numbered and stamped
with a copy of his signature.
The idea of the investment plan is to enable the prints to gain
value year by year,as the complete collection would have tremendous
value.Each 'Investor' would have their own number throughout the
collection.The investor would also be beating inflation as the
monthly price stays the same.
Park your
vehicle at the published coordinates. From there take a walk on the
bridge, you need to find two numbers. Use them with the
instructions from the encrypted message to get to the location of
the cache.
As you approach the cache
please be aware of the newly installed security camera, on the NW
corner of the bridge.
This is a micro-sized cache. Once you decipher the encrypted
message, it will be easy to get to the cache.
I often stop with my daughter on this bridge to look at the traffic
on the high way. One has to be careful with the children, they
cannot go freely around. My daughter loves to look at the big
trucks whisking by, you might be lucky to have few waving at you
and even blowing their
horns...
Happy hunting.
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