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New additions.

11/23/2019

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ICCA Auctions sale #28 ended a few weeks ago and while I didn't have anything listed this time around, I did manage to win a couple of lots.
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First is a beautiful art deco version of a Champion bar mounted corkscrew which I plan to use in my home instead of the modern version that I'm currently using. Next are 3 unusual American multitools. The last and rarest corkscrew is a Weir's double lever patent. The odd thing is that I never actually placed a bid on this item, but ended up winning through some kind of glitch. In fact, I was driving at the time that the bid was placed. I reported the issue, but then decided to go ahead and keep it since it was such a great price.

I've also got some new additions from everyone's favorite auction site. Both are fairly unusual. The first looks to be a homemade single lever corkscrew. The second is a wood handled corkscrew in the shape of a barrel with a twisted shank.

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Updates on the wine cellar

11/23/2019

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Installation of the new wine racks began yesterday and should be completed today. There were a few hiccups and modifications needed, but it should look nice once its completed.
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A restoration example

11/5/2019

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I won this fairly inexpensive stag horn corkscrew on ebay, but as you can see, it could use a little polishing. In addition, one of the 2 silver pins that keeps the end cap attached was missing, so it was easy to remove the end cap.
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I lightly cleaned the stag horn with a damp towel, polished the silver end cap, reattached the end cap with a new silver pin, and finally polished everything with Renaissance wax.
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Updates

11/5/2019

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Some new arrivals that came in this week. A Carved boars tusk corkscrew with silver end cap and a stag handled Henshall type with serrated button.
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In other news, my wine racks have now been stained/sealed and are ready for install. Hopefully that will happen sometime this week.
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Bar corkscrew stands

11/2/2019

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I've been buying and selling modern bar mount corkscrews for several years now. Many of the ones that I buy come with stands and well, they've piled up. So I decided to take them to the metal recycling place to see how much they were worth. I ended up taking these 25 stands which weighed 143 pounds for a grand total of...........$3.53. 
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    James Zalaznik

    I'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.

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