Rare Corkscrews Sell For Top Prices

Rare Corkscrews Sell For Top Prices AG WORLD You won’t believe the prices paid for antique corkscrews at a recent online auction conducted by ICCAuctions a volunteer organization that’s part of a corkscrew collecting association An 18th century Irish corkscrew called the “Read’s Coaxer” sold for a record price of $35 555 It’s a vertical handle corkscrew mounted on brass with an ivory plaque with inlaid crest in the handle The Robert Jones 2 corkscrew – with an 1842 English registration – sold for $36 780 It has a brass barrel marked “Robert Jones & Son Birmingham” Two steel spikes on the barrel assist in removing the cork One of the sellers at the auction sold a rare Philos Blake corkscrew for $5 000 after finding the corkscrew in a Los Angeles thrift shop for just $39 It was the first corkscrew patented in the U S with the patent dated March 27 1860 It was patented by the nephew of Eli Whitney inventor of the cotton gin and is considered one of the rarest of U S patented corkscrews

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