Info letter nr14
31st may 2005
“COLLECTION PRIVEE TIRE-BOUCHONS ” NEWSLETTER
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Hello, The « Collection privée
Tire-bouchons » monthly newsletter gives
information related to the website:
main updates, new links towards excellent corkscrew dedicated
websites and on new items added to the collection.
You’ll find a complete index of the newsletters published since
Nr 1 by clicking on the following link" Info letter ". |
Reader’s
corner… |
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Read
the last newsletter A
new page… Corkscrews
are of course in close relationship with wine, could I even say that without
wine there is no corkscrew, indeed yes; I have then added a page dedicated to
wine lovers (see the page “liens” on the website) Summary Reader’s corner A selection of the best auctions of the
month New links The collection is growing up
The unusual object of the month Associations
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Corkscrew to identify… Patrick found a superb corkscrew that he cannot
identify. Who will be able to help him to discover the name and the maker of
this object? About the website… 12 621 visits on the
website as of May 2005, Thanks for your fidelity! You are now a lot to know the address of the website
because half of the visitors are using a direct access. Thank you to all of the individuals who
have referenced my website on their, as a matter of fact, 12% of the visits
are realised through these indirect means, not bad at all! The information newsletter will now be available a
few days after the distribution of the French version. |
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A selection of the best auctions of the month found
on Ebay… Very nice auctions took place this month with namely a side lever
corkscrew made by LANGUEDOCQ. |
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Famous
figural corkscrew in shape of a parrot, with it’s
original box, this is sufficiently rare to be mentioned (see description on
the website n° 145). The auction reached 48,37 € (317
FF) |
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Very nice
four posters King Screw type corkscrew made of steel. The main and side
handles are made of bone, they are shaped like a barrel and the upper one is
fitted with a brush. On top of the main handle we can see a ring. The thin
steel screw is in shape of a pig tail. The auction reached 989,35 € (6
490 FF) |
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Very stylised figural corkscrew in shape of cat. The auction reached 504,99 € (3 312 FF) |
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This side
lever corkscrew was sold as being a Leveaux Lemaître, it really appears that it is a Languedocq
because it is not The auction reached 4 014 € (26
330 FF) |
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Magnificent
silver travel corkscrew. It is The auction reached 725,56 € (4 759 FF) |
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Very
nice four posters King Screw type corkscrew made of steel. The superb bone or
ivory handle is fitted with a brush.
The screw is in shape of a pig tail and the side handle is made of
steel. The auction reached 2 765 € (18 137 FF) |
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AERO
corkscrew The auction reached 363 € (2 381 FF) |
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The Royal
Club is one of the most searched after corkscrew. In 1864, Charles Hull patented
two models, one with roller and one without roller. «C. The auction reached 3 080 € (20 203 FF) |
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New
links…
Every month I’m trying to discover new websites related to
corkscrews: Auction, sale, collectors’
websites, or even single html pages..
- Chilton software engineering, When corkscrew or corkscrews are used as
spelling rules...
- Jecollectionne.com, An advertisement website for collectors. It is freely open to all without any
conditions. In order to use some of
the functions, you might need to register (free). Only insertion of advertisements is to
be paid, and no commission is added to transactions...
- Domaine Alain Geoffroy, Unique vineyard and corkscrew museum in the
Of course you can retrieve all these addresses in the
rubric LIENS of the website “Collection privée Tire-bouchons”. Have a nice surf !
The collection is growing up …
With this 14th info
newsletter, Collection Privée tire-bouchons is proud to present its 200 th corkscrew: Simple German G.W.S. corkscrew n° 200. In the
meantime, three other new items were added to the collection. Mais il y a eu
également l'acquisition de trois autres nouvelles pièces qui sont venues
rejoindre la collection. Come and see
them…
Simple corkscrews
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Mechanical corkscrews
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n° 198 – Silvered
handle corkscrew n° 199 – Simple
corkscrew n° 200 – Simple
corkscrew G.W.S |
No new items |
Lever corkscrews
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Figural corkscrews
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Nothing new
on the lever side |
No new items |
Multifunction corkscrews
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Pocket corkscrews
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No new items |
n° 197 –Goldenberg blade corkscrew |
Identification…
Still no information on these 2
corkscrews, who has an idea on their identity?
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I recently
bought a T shaped corkscrew with a small disc or button having two appendix pointing down. It makes me think to the system
used on the ’EXELSIOR LEVER made by William Gamble (Ferd
Peters – Mechanical – Pg 59, Fig. 122), but I can’t find it in any of my
books. Do
somebody have some info about this model? (P. C) Give your opinion ! |
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Concerning
this second corkscrew, it looks like the « Ménagère »
made by Perille, except that the handle and the
fly-nut have sharp sides. Give your opinion ! |
The unusual object of the month…
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Every month I will try to dig up an unusual object … always in
relationship with corkscrews. This month, it is a gold beater’s skin from the
Williamson company. It is an engraving matrix made of very hard metal and
engraved in relief or in hollow in order to print titles on books with
coloured ink or gold leaves, They are hot-heated applied following variable
pressure depending on the way they are applied (manually or with a printing
press. We can read: « Saves Times
and Temper Williamson’s Corkscrew & Bottle opener ». |
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Thanks for your attention… see you soon on Collection privée tire-bouchons.
Jean-Pierre LAMY