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John D. Jackson III's Corkscrew Story. - 03/08/2021 My story about antique corkscrews is as follows:... Read More |
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Has it really been Seven Years since my last blog? - 02/08/2021 How time flies! It has been seven long years today since my last blog post on here, hard to believe. I have been busy during this time with several new hobbies including keeping tropical fish, collecting Oakley sunglasses and now collecting watches. Corkscrew collecting has taken a back seat but saying that it still has a place in my heart. The trouble as I see it with corkscrew collecting is keeping enthusiastic especially after being in the game for so long. Recent events have not helped either, Covid 19 has stopped us going to Antique fairs, shops and centres plus meeting with our corkscrew collecting friends. Large events and meetings have been cancelled in th... Read More |
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What now?? - 08/02/2014 Where is our corkscrew collecting hobby heading? I am sure everyone is aware of the changes effecting the present market place for corkscrews, prices seem to be going down quickly. Things are no longer easy to sell and most established collections have drastically reduced in value. However, all is not lost, if someone wanted to start collecting corkscrews today, many bargains could be purchased. Likewise, established collectors could, if brave and patient, increase their collections for little outlay. For me the new market place is an interesting and exciting one, to be honest I had all but lost interest in collecting but now it seems things have gone... Read More |
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Thank you Mr Kirby!! - 08/02/2014 Well, with the market for corkscrews being as deflated as it is at the moment I can report a corkscrew purchase. I managed to land a nice early two pillar English corkscrew from across the water last week. I have bought approximatly three corkscrews in the last few months, very few. This latest piece was by no means a bargain but it arrived this morning in good condition and very well packaged, a fair deal was had by both seller and buyer. Below are a couple of images of the piece. ... Read More |
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Multi-Tool Bow Corkscrew, Rarest Example?? - 03/10/2014 Below is an English Multi-Tool Bow Corkscrew with 11 tools, could this be the worlds rarest example of its type? Look very carefully at the images...what do you see that is VERY different? These bow corkscrews are easy to find but some of the rarest examples are those with cartridge extractors. There are a few examples known with several tools one of which is a cartridge extractor plus there are other examples which have an extractor fitted to the frame, both are uncommon and sought after by collectors. ... Read More |
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There you go!! Again freedom of speach has been supressed!! - 01/09/2014 It's a very sad day if you ask me!! Peter Borrett has discontinued his popular blog, a black day for all collectors. Why you may ask? Reading between the lines I imagine he has been bullied and not for the first time. I am a very close friend of Peter, he is a good person, I choose my friends carefully and have few!! I know of several occasions when he has been asked by fellow collectors to remove sesitive but factual blog posts and he has done so, wrongly in my view. No one can choose all their words perfectly but as long as the facts are accurate that should be enough. We live in the western world, in a so called "democracy" but i... Read More |
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Some voices are allowed to be heard, others are silenced!! - 01/08/2014 Many years ago I realised we don't live in a real democracy, parties are voted in, often only to ignore promises and to tell lies to the public. Now it seems corkscrew collectors with websites are no longer allowed freedom of speach!! I often hear requests from people who don't like what others have written even though the words are true, all be it I hear these noises via a third party. We all have strong opinions on many matters including the state of the corkscrew market, the present value of corkscrews, whether the number of collectors is falling etc. I am in support of my friend Peter Borrett, I love his blog, as I know many others do. His latest b... Read More |
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Ian Hunter's Corkscrew Story. - 01/08/2014 It started in 1994 when I bought my first collectable corkscrew. I was in London ,from Sydney on business, and feeling flush. The perfect customer! Walking into an antique shop in Kings Road, Chelsea called Antiquarius, I saw a whole lot of great looking antique corkscrews in Sue Emerson's shop.I bought a Thomason for....400 pounds because I thought it would great in my cellar. I was into wine then. It just grew from there. In the mid 90's pre ebay, as well as poking around in Australia finding too many Adelaide corkscrews , I... Read More |
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Peter Borrett's Corkscrew Story. - 01/08/2014 Back in 2002, my wife Ruth & I would often visit car boot sales, jumble sales & the occasional local antique fair. Between us we would buy all sorts of house filling odds & sods. One day I suggested to Ruth that maybe we should be more specific in our purchases & take to collecting just one thing each. I wasn't sure at first what I'd collect but after seeing the diversity of corkscrews in an antique reference book my mind was made up. My first few purchases were in the less than a pound range. To be honest, we had very little left over cash to spend, so fuelling my new hobby was never going to be easy. ... Read More |
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Vangelis Gerovassiliou Corkscrew Story. - 01/08/2014 Gerovassiliou My collection In 1975, after my studies in Agronomy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, I left for Bordeaux to study Oenology. During my internship, I visited, with my fellow students, the wineries in the area. I had the luck to be in the team of Emile Peynaud. We visited the best Chateaux of France and tasted exceptional wines. In these chateaux, with the exceptional architectural style, there were collections of past generation vinification tools, including some ancient Greek exhibits. I took this fact to heart and therefore a desire to collect viti-vinicultural tools- items myself was born. I decided to become a collector. T... Read More |
