Carmel, California - Monterey Peninsula
I got started as a smith who liked wines of California. Antique lover all my life, someone turned me on to Don Bull and his books of Corkscrews and Openers. I starteI got started as a smith who liked wines of California. Antique lover all my life, someone turned me on to Don Bull and his books of Corkscrews and Openers. I started collecting by being the top bidder of rare and unusual corkscrews on Electric Bid Auction Yourself and acquired 1200 corkscrews on ebay.com, some of which I hope will stay together and find a home in a Vitners Castle or wine tasting room.
Call me if you wish to consider my collection as a whole and avoid the pain of one-off-one collecting. Catagorized in three levels of quality.
The beauty of early crafted, patented designs in wood, ivory, bronze and iron are worthy of collecting for their ingenuity and interesting subject matter, material combinations. Salute! (Read more)
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