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.
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