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A few weeks ago, we hosted a professional happy hour at our office which included tapas and plenty of wine, but also included a limited viewing of the corkscrew collection. At our office we have four framed corkscrew displays mounted on the walls as well as a couple extras that I brought in for the occasion. It didn't take long for the viewing to be turned into a fun game of guess the most valuable corkscrew. We asked roughly 40-50 people to guess the most valuable corkscrew out of the 14 below and not a single person guessed it. The most valuable (by a very high margin) is the one located in the center of the second picture with the single lever (top left of the first picture). The majority guessed the scrimshaw George Washington carved piece followed by the intricately carved dragon with Sterling silver tail followed by the skeptical few who thought it was the Weir's compound double lever. Almost every piece was guessed except for the most valuable which I thought was pretty interesting.  
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As I stated in my last blog post, the lot of corkscrews that I purchased was pretty large. There are some quality pieces, but also plenty of not so great and more modern pieces. The most interesting piece(s) can be found in the last picture. A turned wood handled corkscrews with brush and archimedean worm marked Farrow & Jackson on the shank (as well as another marked Farrow & Jackson T handle on the top right of the last picture). Most corkscrews collectors are most likely familiar with the Farrow & Jackson name, but I was surprised to find it on a basic T handle corkscrew since the name is most often associated with more mechanical type corkscrews. Anyway in addition to the unusual Farrow & Jackson pieces there are also several Syrocco pieces as well as plenty of decent corkscrews in the lot. Unfortunately there wasn't an ultra rare piece hiding in the rubble, but not a bad buy overall. More great corkscrews on the way!      |
James ZalaznikI'm constantly adding new corkscrews to my collection. Any new finds as well as articles which may be of interest to corkscrew collectors will be posted here. Archives
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