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Not a huge amount of additions to the collection for May, but there are certainly some quality pieces. First is a Sterling silver perfume corkscrew inscribed with a family crest. Next is a beautifully decorated Sterling handled corkscrew with brush inscribed (H.B.F. Dec 25. 1885. & TH monogram); this one may make my Best 6 for the year. Next is a carved boars tusk corkscrew with Sterling inserts followed by a Sterling figural corkscrew. Finally is a bar mounted Cyklop corkscrew; one of my favorites of the more modern bar mounted corkscrews. Stay tuned, more great corkscrews are en route to the collection and offers on entire collections are pending.     
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I was sent a listing for an upcoming estate sale by a fellow collector a few weeks ago. The sale was located in Houston and the description listed a substantial corkscrew collection. A few days later when the pictures were posted, I noticed a couple of nice items including an army of Syroco full bodied corkscrews including clowns, monks, and indians all for $100 each. Other notable pieces include a rare Gundlach corkscrew (bottom picture is not mine, but added for reference since the corkscrew from the estate sale is barely visible). I made a fair offer for the Gundlach and offered some advice on the severely undervalued Syroco pieces, but was quickly turned down. Since it would be about a 9 hour round trip to attend the estate sale and with no guaranteed purchases, I decided not to attend, but hopefully the collection inspired some new corkscrew collectors to start collecting.     We took a week long trip to Nashville last month and saw all of the museums, ate all the good food, and of course searched for corkscrews. We found several corkscrews, but not much worth buying. I did end up purchasing one interesting corkscrew which I had not seen before. It's a large cast figural piece of a mean monkey? with a hat. If you have any information on this piece, feel free to shoot me an email.      |
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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