November 2025 Acquisitions

I was fortunate enough to acquire several nice corkscrews in November. The three on the left were from my fellow collector/friend Josef and include an Ivory handled T handle corkscrew with Sterling silver end caps, some kind of tusk T handled corkscrew (possibly walrus), and a stag handled corkscrew with Sterling silver end caps. The three on the top right were eBay finds and include an either ivory or boars tusk corkscrew with carved goat head with glass eyes, a very unusual Sterling silver cellarman corkscrew with a unique engraving design, and a grotesque face man roundlet corkscrew. The final one in the bottom right corner was from ICCA auctions and is a rare T. Curley patent corkscrew. All are welcome additions to the collection. I feel like I say this every year when I start receiving other collector's Best Sixes for the year when there is still a full month left to acquire more corkscrews, but you never know what will turn up in December. Stay tuned, a crown jewel of the collection should be arriving any day now and it will without a doubt be making my Best Six for the year.