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Welcome to Corkscrew Appraisals blog page, thank you for taking time to visit this new corkscrew related website. This blog will be regularly updated with corkscrew facts, finds and news. Visitors are also welcome to contribute information to the blog, if you are interested then please get in touch.
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New John Coney Article. - 01/21/2013 A new article about John Coneys Patent Corkscrew and how the featured example is connected to JAMES WATT, famous Engineer and Inventor during the time of "The Industrial Revolution" in Britain, will be posted towards the end of this week. Be prepared for a very interesting read!! ... Read More |
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See my Best 6 Corkscrews of 2012...In the "Articles Section - 01/20/2013 I have added a new article in the "Articles Section" of this website. If anyone is interested to see my best finds of 2012 please take a look, there are some interesting pieces among them. ... Read More |
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The Great British Weather!! - 01/18/2013 The January Shepton Mallet Antiques and Collectors Fair was scheduled to start this morning. The weather forcast for the weekend was predicted to be snow in the South West of England. I went to bed last night ever hopeful that the weather man as more often than not had got it wrong and the snow would miss us. Woke up this morning at 6am to see 4" of snow had fallen, for once the weather man was right and I was snowed in!!! For yo... Read More |
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Facebook, New Articles and more Blogging. - 01/16/2013 Well here at www.corkscrewappraisals.com we are finalling moving out of the dark ages and into the 21st century, we have just joined facebook !! We have little idea how things work and will no doubt learn whilst making various mistakes. After initally joining last week we decided to also join the corkscrew collectors group on Facebook, which at present has over 100 members. Well at least we think we have joined !! There are many names that are familiar in this group but also some that aren't known to us. We are sure it is a place where we will make many new co... Read More |
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Corkscrewappraisals Website Anniversary. - 01/14/2013 www.corkscrewappraisals.com This website for Corkscrew collectors has been live now for just over a year. Viewing figures have been really encouraging far exceeding our expectations. Many detailed and informative articles have been written and much indepth research carried out. Brian May a keen corkscrew collector from Australia has been an inspiration to me and has worked tirelessly along side myself and others. His research and enthusiasm I believe is unrivalled. This is an opportunity to publically thank him for all his hard work!! Other collectors too have contributed articles ... Read More |
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Corkscrews found at an Antiques Fair. - 07/18/2012 Corkscrews found at UK Antique Fairs this year have been few and far between to date for me. The year started well, however the weather has been the wosrt I can remember in my 48 years!! This summer has been a complete wash out, more and more rain seems to keep falling. The weather effects collectors negatively. Sellers who set up their stalls on outside pitches keep their collectables covered over when the rain falls, thus buyers can't see what's on offer for them to buy. Both sellers and buyers tend to stay at home in the bad weather so often there are few sellers and little to find. Stallholders at the summer fairs seem downbeat, business is repor... Read More |
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About Me - Brian May - 06/24/2012 Steven has asked me to say a few things about myself since I have published articles on his website but I am only relatively new to the corkscrew collection world. I became interested in corkscrews when I saw Nick Hunt on an Australian television program with his collection. At first I did the obvious and bought a variety of cheaper corkscrews many of which are now relegated to the back of the drawer. Then I decided eventually in 2009 to buy a “real” corkscrew- a Thomason. By now I had located... Read More |
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Patent, Patent, Corkscrew. - 06/21/2012 It suprises me how many different variations of corkscrew have over time been manufactured. Regularly corkscrews come to light that I have never seen before, below is an example that falls into this catagory. This English Straight Pull corkscrew is of a very high quality, the rosewood handle is finely turned and shaped, the shaft has interesting turnin... Read More |
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Corkscrew Image - Another Masterpiece by Brian May - 05/17/2012 Another masterpiece showing an early corkscrew Hello Steven When I read your blog of 05/14/2012, I was reminded of another masterpiece showing an early corkscrew, bought to my attention by Bernard M Watney in an article he wrote on silver corkscrews. He said “ Corkscrews had been in general use for less than a life span when William Hogarth depicted two of the ten revellers in A Midnight Modern Conversation, c. 1731, each with elegant silver pocket-screws hanging from a single finger”. William Hogarth (London, 1697-1764) has been described as “unquestioned father of England’s rich tradition of satire”. ... Read More |
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Corkscrews and The V & A. - 05/14/2012 Last Tuesday 8th May, I travelled up to London. On the way I decided to stop at Kempton Park Antiques Fair, held twice every month. All the usual suspects were at the fair, looking for the "Elusive Corkscrew". Meeting up at 9am we all discussed our finds, basically no one found anything, even of minor interest. I hopped in the car and headed towards Richmond where I caught the tube to South Kensington in the centre of London. I had arranged to meet someone at the Victoria & Albert Museum at 11am. If you are ever over in the UK visiting London, make sure you visit this place, it is full of unbelieveable treasures, there are even corkscre... Read More |
