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Last month I won several lots from an auction house in Canada. Soon after those arrived, I noticed that the same auction house had a couple more corkscrew lots coming up. So I placed some bids and ended up winning several more lots which were waiting for me once I returned home from Florida. A pretty good haul with several Thomason's, Heeley double levers, Lund levers, etc. There's more goodies on the way, so check back soon.   
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We recently returned home from an eight day vacation in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Like usual, we ate lots of good food, visited the sights and museums as well as looking for corkscrews. There weren't many antique stores in the Miami area and the only antique store that we visited in Fort Lauderdale was a small showroom with a small selection of restored antique items ranging in price from $2k to $35k. So we went to a neighboring town where rents were cheaper; and where are rents the cheapest? Directly next to the dump. Notice the dump truck in the second picture. Anyway, out of three antique malls we were able to find some corkscrews and even some worth purchasing. We bought a bottle shaped roundlet with rare advertising for "Jacob J. Pfeffer Tippe Canoe Double Fire Copper Whiskey" as well as a Chip Chop also with rare advertising for "Ben Danbaum, Inc.         It was only a few months ago that I acquired a large oversized art piece of a can opener with corkscrew and now I've just outdone myself with an even larger piece. This one is a heavy cast piece resembling a common French Perille corkscrew; pictured with a real one for scale. If anyone has any information on this piece then please let me know as I've never seen one like it. I would imagine that this is a somewhat never creation, I.E. 2000+, possibly made in India? It doesn't seem like it would have been made as a home decor item as its a little too large and heavy. Could it have been an item produced for wine & liquor store displays?; that also seems a little improbable. Was this a custom one off piece?; it's possible, but a good amount of work went into creating this, so I would imagine that there would have at least been several produced. Anyway, this is now officially the largest "corkscrew" in the collection.   My good friend and fellow corkscrew collector Josef L'Africain happened to be in Dallas last month and was able to squeeze some time out of his schedule to stop by and see the collection; or well most of it anyway. He sent me a few pictures once he returned home of some new corkscrews that he had just acquired and we quickly made a deal for this rare ivory tusk corkscrew with a floral carving and very rare 14K gold end caps. If any other collectors find their way to the Dallas area then send me a message; I'm always happy to give a tour of the growing collection.     |
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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