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VA102 Corkscrews advertising Continental Distributing Co., 1315 Orizaba Ave., Long Beach [California], Phone 854-69, Hy-Lite Wines and Liquors. $95
VA105 Bearing assist open frame corkscrew with an unusual decorative handle. $49
VA108 This tool kit from L. E. B. Sales Co., New York, has a wide range of tools including a cork puller*. $135 See next page for cork puller details.
Above: An advertisement from the March, 1912 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine. Josef L Africain found this 1915 advertisement which labels the hooked tool as a Cork Puller.
VA109 On July 14, 1931 Albert Charbonneau of Boston, Massachusetts was granted United States Patent Number 1,814,895 for his "Compound Appliance. $115
VA113 Open frame corkscrew with locking swivel collar marked at the top of the frame G.M.T. Co. on one side and SAXONY on the other. The handle is cracked but functional. $12
VA114 Ernst Demmler's April 26, 1884 German Patent No. 28,963 for the Perpetual. By turning the handle continuously clockwise the worm enters and extracts the cork via crossover threads located by a pin. $125
VA117 Corkscrew with Austosser G. Usbeck's German Registration No. 2,346,839 of January 4, 1933. Spring assist barrel type with catch in slot that engages when barrel is all the way down. Marked as shown. $55
VA119 Corkscrew with window in bell. $8
VA121 A Nickel-plated open frame corkscrew with ball bearing assist. German Registered Design Number 1,308,467 of May 28, 1934, Firma Adolf Menz Wve. There is a locking device on the shaft. It keeps the frame from pushing up when the cork is self-extracted. It can then be depressed to push the frame up the shaft for easy removal of the cork from the worm. $65
VA122 Corkscrew marked GERMANY on one side of the shaft and CHAMPION on the other. $35
VA123 Wood handle corkscrew with window in bell. Spring assist. $24
VA124 Corkscrew with Austosser G. Usbeck's German Registration No. 2,346,839 of January 4, 1933. Spring assist barrel type with catch in slot that engages when barrel is all the way down. $35
VA125 Club type double action corkscrew. Italian. $33
VA128 Brass figural corkscrew depicting two horses with their harnesses pulling in opposite directions as in a test of strength. Marked 1928 CASCO 1953. The sheath is tight. $125 See next page for more on Casco.
Casco Adhesives was founded in 1928 by Leif Amundsen ((nephew of Roald Amundsen, the first person at the South Pole). Casco Adhesives is still in business and is located in Kristinehamn and Nacka, Sweden. It is part of Akzo Nobel, one of the world s leading chemicals corporations. The company sells and develops adhesives and adhesive systems for the wood-working industry. In 1932, the Borden Company introduced Casco Glue in the U.S. market.
VA130 Souvenir of Barcelona, Spain. $39
VA131 Souvenir of Madrid, Spain. $39
VA132 Spain 39
VA133 Corkscrew souvenir of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. $33
VA134 Italian version of the Maxram double helix picnic corkscrew. The sheath is very tight going into the hole. Original box. $27
VA135 James Heeley & Son British Registered Design No. 702,970 (so marked) Although it is rather simple in design. The design incorporates a hole under the cap lifter through which the sheath can be pushed to form a handle for the corkscrew. $55
VA136 Combination corkscrew and cap lifter advertising Heineken s Bier, Het Meest Getapt. $39
VA137 Combination corkscrew and cap lifter advertising Wiser s Pebble Brook Bourbon, Wiser s Old Hickory American Rye. $39
VA138 Combination corkscrew and cap lifter With the Compliments of Paton, Calvert & Co. Ltd., Matchless & Komo Specialties. $45
VA139 Combination corkscrew and cap lifter advertising Wiser s Old Dominion Rye, Wiser s Robert Hope s Gin. $35
There were times before July 19, 1911 when Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was spelled without the letter H at the end. But at a special meeting of the United States Geographic Board held on July 19, 1911 the previous decision with regard to the spelling of Pittsburgh without the final H was reconsidered and the form below was adopted: Pittsburgh, a city in Pennsylvania VA142 Corkscrew with cap lifter and Baltimore loop seal remover. Advertising The Wm. H. Holmes Co., Whiskey Merchants and Importers, 332 First Avenue, Pittsburg [No H], Pa. $65
VA143 Combination corkscrew and cap lifter with thread on sheath. $32
VA144 Combination corkscrew and cap lifter advertising George Younger s Alloa Sparkling Ale. $35
VA145 Combination corkscrew, cap lifter, and Baltimore Loop Seal Remover. $22
VA146 Combination corkscrew and bottle cap lifter with a pin on sheath. $29
VA147 Combination corkscrew and bottle cap lifter advertising Old Crow Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon Whiskey at It s Best. $45
VA148 Combination corkscrew and bottle cap lifter. $8
VA149 Combination corkscrew and bottle cap lifter with thread on sheath. Pfeilring trademark at top of cap lifter. $24
VA150 Combination corkscrew and bottle cap lifter advertising M. B. Butler, Inc., Importers, Wholesales and Retail Liquor Dealers, Niagara Falls, N.Y. $65