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J U S T FOR OPENERS APR 2009 I S S U E #122 PAGE 18 # Last Name First Spouse Street City St Zip Phone E-Mail Opener Specialties 162 Vollrath Verne Laverne 218 S Lexington Dr 227 Wagner Paul Stella 1180 Ben Franklin Hwy E Apt 201 228 Waldo Harriet 1003 Winston Dr 975 Waters Ken Kathy 7606 Cape Charles Dr 1103 Weekley Jacqueli ne Michael 190 Longfellow Rd 728 Westall Jack Wanda 6000 Riverside Dr Apt A-470 583 Whelan Cora 3216 S 51st Pl 296 Wilcox Darwin Ellen 8495 Croix Trl 488 Williams Don Diane 1022 Diablo Rd 365 Williams Scott Ursula PO Box 128 1111 26 Ave 326 Wisconsin State Historic al Society 1095 Wood Alfred Sandy 710 N Lafayette St 1097 Woodard Mark Kim Asack Janesville WI 53545 -4322 Douglasvill e Jefferson City PA 19518 -1803 MO 65101 -3647 Raleigh NC 27617 -8304 Waltham MA 02453 -6776 Dublin OH 43017 -5495 Lincoln NE 68506 -3489 Roscoe IL 61073 -9158 Danville CA 94526 -1924 Middle Amana IA 52307 -0128 816 State St Madison WI 53706 -1488 1126 Riverboat Ct 1124 Worstell Linda Carl 2218 E 10000 S 143 Wulff Rod 623 Fern Way 314 Young Joe Jackie 36 S Weston Ave CBO-HKH-09 at the left sold for $227.50 this past quarter on eBay. Front side advertises Hernan Cortez with Key West on the back. I assume the style is hard to find and possibly the ad was very appealing also. Bring your CBOs to Troy. We should have a few members interested in them attending. Florissant MO 63031 -4918 Annapolis MD 21409 -5439 Sandy UT 84092 -4127 Eldersburg MD 21784 -8516 Elgin IL 60123 -6036 608-752-5708 All US Beer & Malt Openers 610-385-5201 Some PA 573-635-1442 hlwaldo@ socket.ne t 919-845-3287 ken_wate rs@unc.e du 781-891-8194 m- jw@comc ast.net 614-761-1311 C614-266-9911 402-488-0279 jwestall@ columbus .rr.com 815-623-2255 darnle@ mail.com 925-831-1783 plumpjac k2@yaho o.com 319-846-2919 scottwill @southsl ope.net 314-838-1809 C314-882-2570 443-756-2815 W301-286- 9611 F301- 286-0369 acwood@ prodigy.n et mark.woo dard@na sa.gov 801-943-5623 cworstell @aol.com 410-299-3709 emjomac o@yahoo .com 847-695-0108 gramsma c1@mac. com "H"s & Any Missouri & Anything That Catches My Eye Corkscrews US Beer Openers Bottle Shaped Beer Openers General (All) Types, Falstaff (www.afalstaff-collector.com) Iowa Beer Openers, Cap- Lifter Knives with Opener Built In Handle (Beer or Non- Beer) General All Openers (Types & Styles) US Beer Openers, Soda Openers, Can Openers, Corkscrews, Starr Wall Mounts, William Painter, Crown Cork & Seal Co, Bottle Seal Co, Aluminum Stopper Co General (All) Corkscrews & Tin Can Openers
J U S T FOR OPENERS APR 2009 I S S U E #122 PAGE 19 In the last issue Joe Young sent in a picture of an Eifel Multitool. No one responded about inquiries if they knew the history behind the opener but I can add that at least three Eifel tools sold this past quarter on eBay and the price ranged from $10 to $20. Certainly not that rare but a neat opener with several functions. The number of eBay sales was high again this past quarter but the quality was down. The usual lots of average beer openers were offered for sale but the really good ones were few and far between. Starting out the “A”s was an original Coca-Cola baseball player bringing $306.99. With all of the repros in the marketplace it was a little surprising. On the beer side a nice B-11-1 Seattle Potlatch opener brought $177.50. A style that most serious collectors own but finding one with all of the enamel present can be very challenging. A B-31-UL Salem brought $169.49 and it is amazing to me how many B-24s from this brewery turn up and in JFO’s 31st year the B-31 is discovered. An apparently very tough style Cigar Box Opener (CBO- HKH-09) with an ad for Hernan Cortez / Key West brought $227.50. For the most part CBOs in the more common styles have seen prices settle down to the $10-$30 range. As always when it is a tough style the price can go way up as it did in this case. A rusty D-15-1 Excelsior Red Feather brought $136.49 and for this style a little cheap but considering condition and today’s market values, a fair price. In the wires or “E”s a couple of ULs made their way to North Carolina and they were not cheap. An E-4-UL Drink Edelweiss Beer / Pontiac Fuel Co sold for $89.00 followed by an E-9-UL Capitol New Beer / George Mason Co Denver Colo. selling for $114.50. Every now and then I decide to chase hard after some openers and both of these I really liked. Both are by distributors and in the “E” category they are usually the hardest ones to find. “F”s were highlighted by Coca-Cola openers with the top lot being a kitchen spatula, F-507 Coca-Cola Gardner Ice Cream, bringing $154.01. Coca-Cola still sells very well and the harder to find openers certainly bear this out. ―Opener and eBay Trivia‖ The next style of interest is the “L” or bottle shaped openers. A reminder is due as a couple of members asked me if a drop down bottle opener (similar to a L-1) advertising Spearman Beer, was legitimate? The seller “airborne306” is the person selling knives and openers with decals attached. Anytime you buy an opener with a decal or paper label it is “buyer beware”. This seller buys the drop down bottle styles and then they magically reappear with unknown beer labels on them. I always figure if you buy anything and it is under $25.00, you can live with it even if the piece is a fake. Lets call it a cheap lesson but when the money gets in the $100.00 range and higher then you are in the “I Lost My Shirt Class”. Be careful and ask a fellow member if you are not sure. Its people like “airborne306” who give the hobby a bad name. The “L”s saw one big highlight, a rare L-2-22 Enterprise Brewing from San Francisco, bringing $576.99. With four “L-2”s to go your editor chased hard but once again on a rare corkscrew I was runner-up. In this case the rumor mill told me it was a San Francisco collector with deep pockets who bought the item. I just keep telling Pat I have to live long enough to finish my set of “L-2”s. Note I am still one behind Norm Jay who has 21 of the known 24. Next up were two different N-29 Coca-Cola bullet pencils selling for $504.99 and $449.44. A couple of years ago I sold mine for $200.00 each and I thought I had done well. It sure looks like I left some money on the table. I have seen a couple of other examples with Coca-Cola ads and I cannot say why these two went into orbit price wise. With eBay you just never know. Wall mounts saw two examples of the O-5-11 Acme Beer Starr X opener sell for $127.50 and $100.00. The Acme is fairly tough to find but I did not realize it had risen to the $100.00 level value wise. One with a broken mounting hole also sold bringing $32.00. No other interesting wall mounts were noted. The “P”s or beer corkscrews had many notable price results. A nice Detroit corkscrew, P-2- 2 Voigt brought $255.99, a P-10 Pickerings of Cincinnati (non-beer) in the original Williamson box brought $471.66 and several A-B knives highlighted by a Blue Handle version bringing $869.00. The Voigt is a very desirable Detroit corkscrew, the P-10 “MIB” is extremely hard to find in the original packaging and A-B knives just keep selling for good prices. Other “P” knife results to note were two nice condition knives, a P-25 C F Blanke Tea & Faust Coffee and a P-40 Remington made, both selling for $1,100.00. Remember with knives condition plays a big part in value. The P-71 Budweiser mentioned in the last issue did not meet reserve closing at $431.00. Also in the last issue I mentioned Bob Suddeth had bought the “P type Christ Jensen” political ad knife from Chicago but he informed me he was not the high bidder. My apologies Bob.
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