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	From Bottle-scrues to Corkscrews 17 January 2000   Devices for extracting the corks from wine bottles have existed as long as corks themselves although 'bottle-scrues' prior to the early 18th century are now of the greatest rarity............ Collectible Corkscrews By John Condie 17 April 2000   Do you own a "waiter's friend", a "straight pull" or a "Durand Patent"? The chances are that you might own one of the first two because they’re the most common forms of corkscrew but if you were to own one of the latter,then you could have something that is worth up to $16,000! A Celestin Durand 19th century patent rack and pinion corkscrew sold at Christie's South Kensington last year for $15,000 plus 15% buyer's premium, doubling its pre-sale estimate and underlining the intense competition that exists in the world of corkscrew collecting............ A Corker of a Sale 09 January 2001   One of the highlights of Sotheby’s December collectibles sales was a collection of corkscrews auctioned on December 14, 2000. The amazing array of corkscrews which totalled nearly £30,000 were all collected by one London man............ The Charles Hull Royal Club 18 December 2000   “I’ve finally got a Royal Club!” So rings out the happy words of a dedicated corkscrew collector in a corkscrew chat room I visited recently............ French Corkscrews 05 April 2000   If you believe that you should collect things that are useful as well as beautiful then corkscrews could be for you! You can amaze your friends with tales of where your corkscrews come from and the bargain prices you paid for them whilst you open a bottle of wine and prove that they really work............ Promotional Corkscrews 15 May 2000   The promotional corkscrew has always been a fun way of promoting a drinks related firms and was one of the most widespread specialty advertising products of the nineteenth century, perhaps as ubiquitous as the modern cardboard barmat............