Corkscrews in Original Packaging for Sale 4

Don Bull, P. O. Box 596, Wirtz, VA 24184 USA email: corkscrew@bullworks.net (Please email with alphanumerical listing ID for availability and shipping – include your name and address) Click here to return to index page: http://www.bullworks.net/bullsale/

PK176 Bugs Bunny Corkscrew. Designed exclusively for the Warner Bros. Studio Store, Made in Taiwan. 1996. $45

PK177 Stopper and corkscrew set. $9

PK178 Double lever and three-ounce jigger. The bottom of the jigger is stamped REGISTERED GLO-HILL CANADA. The case liner is imprinted “Glo-Hill Cutlery Co. Ltd, Warranted Cutlery, Barmates styled by Glo Hill, Made in Canada.” $33

PK179 Bar set with stand. $22

PK180 Multipurpose elephant tool with folding corkscrew. $17

PK181 Krusty the Clown from the Simpsons in the original round packaging. $39

PK182 Open frame corkscrew with barrel and grapevine design from Nieman Marcus. $49

PK183 Seven piece bar set in “top grain cowhide” zipper cases by Cue. Wood handles. $36

PK184 Seven piece bar sets in “top grain cowhide” zipper cases by Cue. Plastic handles. Great gift for a friend with initial H R H. $36

PK185 Rollover frame corkscrew, nutcracker, and bottle cap lifter. The corkscrew has an “Echt Vergoldet” (real gold-plated) tag and the cap lifter has toasts in several languages. The box has no cover. $37

PK186 Simple packaging for the “Bonus” corkscrew. The box is labeled “Italian Solid Brass Corkscrew™” and “Exclusive Distributor R. S. V. P. Marketing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3B 2V9, Manufactured in Italy.” $22

PK187 Nicely packaged “Flip Top” corkscrew from Metrokane, 964 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10155. Packaging reads “Winner of 1998 Good Design Award.” $24

PK188 Nicely packaged “Flip Top” corkscrew from Metrokane, 964 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10155. Packaging reads “Winner of 1998 Good Design Award.” $24

PK189 Siegfried Hölterscheit, Huckelhoven, Germany was granted 1989 American Design Patent No. D-301,532 for this set, June 13, 1989. The patent title is Combination Coaster Set, Corkscrew and Bottle Opener. Advertising Michelin. $45

PK190 Silver-plated stopper set. $18

PK191 Plastic bar set with “1 Bottle-Opener, 1 Nut-Cracker, 1 Cork-Screw.” A UPC (Universal Product Code) label on the box reads “Item No. 6279, Juego Para Barra 3 Pzs, Hecho en China, Made in China.” $9

PK192 Dreizack double lever corkscrew in original unopened packaging. $33

PK193 Iminimaxi by Ghidini double lever. $27

PK194 Botticello double lever. $27

PK195 Iminimaxi by Ghidini double lever. $35

PK196 A modern artistically crafted wood double action corkscrew from Legnoart, Omegna, Italy. The “Barbera” in a wood box. Mini catalog is in the box. $75

PK197 Four piece bar set. $39

PK198 English horse brass bottle opener souvenir of the 2009 CCCC meeting in England. $17

PK199 Stopper and corkscrew with real leather handles. $19

PK200 Hi-Impact Plastic Corkscrew. $8

PK201 Very heavy tree stamp double action corkscrew in the wrong box! $29

PK202 Details on this unique belt are on the next page. $85

Accessor H ere's a great gift for the corkscrew collector. The Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Company of Paarl, South Africa has patented a design which combines a bottle cap lifter / cork remover with a belt. The two prongs of the cork extractor fit in a "pocket" in the back of the belt and the handle or cap lifter serves as the buckle on the genuine leather belt. The Accessor was patented by Christiaan T.B. Louw in March 2001. The prong puller is marked ACCESSOR PATENT 20012048. The Accessor™ is a patented design which combines a fashionable belt with a multi purpose functional bottle opener. It allows the user, whilst wearing the belt, to open bottled beverages. The Accessor™ also allows for the cork to be reinserted into the bottle once it has been opened. Apart from these uses, the Accessor's™ sharp prongs can also be used for the following purposes: as a self defence weapon. to open envelopes. as a scraping, piercing and levering device. The bottle cap opener and cork extractor prongs are joined to form the buckle. The buckle can easily be accessed by releasing it from the belt, without even having to remove the belt from around ones' waist.

PK203 Three piece bar set. $24

PK204 Elephant corkscrew in a basket from Thailand. $9

PK205 Bar tool set. $9

PK206 A patented German souvenir corkscrew from the 2009 CCCC meeting in London. $79

PK207 Early Screwpull. $14

PK208 Thomason type corkscrew in box with story of the corkscrew. $79

PK209 Interesting design flute corkscrew in a fitted box with magnetic close. $22

PK210 Bug in a box. $125

PK211 See next page for details on the patent for this corkscrew. $49

Liftmaster U. S. Patent Corkscrew by Delisle Martha's Vineyard resident Bernard Delisle came up with an interesting play on the "waiter's friend" style corkscrew in his 1986 patent. Delisle pointed out that the waiter's friend had been around for almost 100 years, but the problem with the designs was that the worm can get "entangled with one's clothing when it is carried, for example, in the pocket." Delisle's answer to the problem was to form a case where the pivoting worm is attached to a sliding bar. When the pivoting neckstand is folded over the worm in the closed position, the two ends of the case slide together and the worm is protected. Delisle attached a convenient pocket clip to the case. The corkscrew is called the "Liftmaster and was be produced by the Devlan Company of Providence, Rhode Island. Delisle obtained United States Patent No. 4,574,663 with the help of the Barlow and Barlow legal firm on March 11, 1986. A corkscrew story from Don Bull: There was a closed antique shop in the Adirondack town of Westport, New York. It was part of The Inn on the Library Lawn. I went in the Inn and asked the proprietor if there were any corkscrews in the shop. His response was the usual "I had some but they were sold." And then he said "But I invented one." It was the Bernie who had invented his "Liftmaster" while living in New England, met with fair success and by 1993 was running a hotel in the boondocks. He found white and nickel plated examples for me.

PK212 Michael Levine is a third-generation restaurateur of Monty’s Steakhouse in Woodland Hills, California. Not only is he a talented chef but he is also an inventor. The elegant looking device looks like a double lever corkscrew. But Michael's invention is a bit different. Michael discovered a small problem in his restaurant, "suddenly the wine bottles were being produced with screw-tops instead of cork. My customers were unhappy with the presentation of a non-cork wine bottle, it just wasn't the same." So Michael came up with a solution - a screw-top remover that looks like a corkscrew for a traditional wine presentation. $75

PK213 A Henckels bar set including ice tongs, a paring knife, a cocktail spoon, a corkscrew, a bottle cap lifter, and a combination nipper, gripper, and nut cracker. The Henckels twins mark is on all pieces except the tongs. In heavy fitted wooden box. $79

PK214 An empty leather case. $19

PK215 The Cinzano advertising bar set in a heavy fitted wooden box includes a cocktail spoon marked JOGU ROSTFREI GERMANY, a paring knife marked ROSTFREI D.B.G.M., ice tongs, a corkscrew with trident trademark, six cocktail forks marked DREIZACK DBGM GERMANY, and a combination nipper, gripper, and jar opener marked DREIZACK SOLINGEN D.B. $75

PK216 A very nice gift set in a heavy wooden box. $39

PK217 Leverpull in a nice wood box. Great gift. $25

PK218 Subaru bar set. $35

PK219 Bar set in wood box. Is one piece missing? $35

PK220 Bar set including “Deluxe Corkscrew – Super Quality.” Nice wood box. $45

PK221 Bremen key bar set. $89

PK222 Bar set in wooden fitted box. $49

PK223 Four piece bar set. $29

PK224 Number 130 of a limited edition of 300 corkscrews from the 1994 annual meeting of the ICCA in Portugal. Presented at a dinner with the Confraria dos Enófilos da Bairrada. $195

PK225 Vintage ‘73 prong puller. $12

PK226 Vintage Cork Puller. $9

PK227 Ah So Cork Puller. $12

PK228 Ah So Cork Puller. Gold Plated. $10

PK229 Beringer Vintage Cork Puller. $12

PK230 Cork Puller souvenir from the defunct Seagram Museum in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The museum operated from May 1984 to March 1997. $16