Comments on: 24k Gold Sorapot auction to benefit Amit Gupta

By: Joey Roth

Joey Roth — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Thanks for the post Rob! The Sorapot is made from stainless steel, with 24k gold plating. This allows the shape to retain its integrity without being too soft, heavy, or expensive.

The gold Sorapot did cost a lot more than $200 to make, but my hope is that the bids go far higher than this (we’re at $405 already).

I’m happy to answer any other questions you guys have.

-Joey

By: baronkarza

baronkarza — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:48:00 +0000

Yeah, to my untrained eye it looks like a very fancy bedpan.

By: Tribune

Tribune — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:32:00 +0000

Materials listed: “24k gold, stainless steel, borosilicate glass” so I am guessing it is 24k plate or some other method of applying 24k over steel.
Also unless is is deceptively tiny a $200 starting bid for being fully 24k gold is unlikely.
(may be double post as something ate my first reply)

By: eyebeam

eyebeam — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:31:00 +0000

Thanks, when I first saw it, I thought it was a portable urinal. A very stylish portable urinal.

By: awjt

awjt — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:42:00 +0000

I’m usually the guy who gives a raspberry to anything impractical, but I make an exception for this thing. This thing is pure 100% stylish awesome, straight out of syfy.

What would be even cooler still is to have an upright version with a press-pot plunger in it. And then, post-plunge, it tilts down 90 degrees back to the same form factor as the original design.

I’d make French press coffee bombs in it every day.

By: Tony Giles

Tony Giles — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:27:00 +0000

Whatever this is, it ain’t 24-karat gold. 18K maybe. 24K gold is yellow and very soft. It won’t hold a polish like that; it gets scratched and bent out of shape far too easily.

By: Jayarava

Jayarava — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:06:00 +0000

In case anyone is wondering, a Sorapot is a fancy name for a teapot.