Posted 13 years ago
Purpleisaf…
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I have been buying beer bottle openers at antique and other stores on most vacations with my wife. Recently I bought a copy of Kovels antiques and collectibles price guide and learned that a bottle opener I have passed up on many times is worth around $150, so I went to ebay to search for one that actually looked old on the hopes that it wasnt a reproduction.
It measures just under 4'' from the bottle to the top of the ears.
Would anyone know how to tell? I have a few others that I will post, including an elephant that could be part of the Donkey set.
Thanks in advance.
Thats great, thanks for the info. I saw yours also, its really nice
The originals are all airbrushed, then detailed by hand and painted white on the bottom. Yours looks to be original. made back in the day by John Wright Wrightsville, PA
I believe the ears are different on a John Wright bottle opener (see http://www.fireforless.com/john-wright-donkey-bottle-opener-35-061.html ). This is the mascot for Timberjack, a Canadian company that made logging "skidders". Most of their openers say Timberjack on them and are made of brass, but I have one that is iron and not marked. Google "Timberjack donkey" and you'll see what I mean.
AR8jason: because yours is brass and has Timberjack on it. All I _meant_ to say is that there are iron Timberjack bottle openers out there that are not clearly identified as such. Sorry if I pooped in your cornflakes.
Apparently I may have spoken too soon - Timberjack was owned by "Eaton", which I wrongly assumed was the Canadian Eaton's, but in fact the Eaton Corporation in question was based out of Cleveland. The brand was eventually bought out by John Deere...
ARRRGGGGHHHH! I should have stuck to my guns (read: should have listened to my dad). After digging a bit more, I found that they _were_ originally Canadian before being bought by Eaton. Here are my references this time: http://www.timberland-group.com/group/history.html
Looks like the original to me!!
~Old and NO base on it!!
Mine posted has the base, but heavy sucker!!
This is hilarious! :-))
This is rather new, they are still being made. They make them to look old and beat up.
I have the same opener but it has an ashtray it sits on. And a name on the bottom is John Wright.