Sterling Zeilin

Over the weekend, the latest corkscrewcollectors.com auction took place, and lots of corkscrews changed hands.

I did bid on a few, and of course, didn’t win as my bids were quickly taken out by those willing to take the price to a level that was far beyond my means.

Or, perhaps, far beyond what I thought was reasonable.

Still, I sold a few, and bought one.  Yes, I ponied up for a nice example of the Sterling Zeilin dosage cup with corkscrew.

I actually have owned several of these over the years, but they have made their way into other collectors’ collections.

That said, we have quite the collection of medicine corkscrews, and it was time to put one back into the collection.

And, since I am trying to acquire a few more examples of the Zeilin…if you have a dosage cup with corkscrew with which you would like to part feel free to drop me a line.  The one that I am really after is not in Sterling.

In O’Leary amongst the others, this version of the Zeilin is pictured and described as being marked, “ONE TEASPOONFULL PARRISHS HYPOPHOSPHITES, J.H. ZEILIN & CO. PHILA, PA”

This would make for an excellent addition to the collection!!!

Walker Pegs and the Auction

Okay, sometimes I can’t help myself…

I really like the Walker peg and worm corkscrew.

And, so when one recently appeared on eBay, I just had to have it.   It makes a nice addition to the Walker peg collection…

One will probably note, that I have an extra Walker worm, missing the peg.

If anyone has spare, I would be happy to take it off of your hands.

On an collectorcorkscrews.com auction note, the listings start ending tomorrow.  Be sure to check them out!

Let the Bidding begin

It’s official!  The bidding has opened on the latest corkscrewcollectors.com auction.

806 lots, and some fantastic corkscrews to be had.

You can check out the listings here!

Bid high, and bid often!

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Somsou & Bruneaux

The other day, on a non-ebay antique site, an interesting cork extractor had just been put up for sale.  As I looked closely, I saw the markings Bruneaux and S.G.D.G.  Or, at least most of what was supposed to be Bruneaux.

The Somsou & Bruneaux patent dates to 1863, and has shown up (not often) but with a variety of handles.  A pretty neat cork extractor, but given it is French and not American, anyone want to make a trade?