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J U S T FOR OPENERS OCT 2 013 - JAN 2014 ISSU E #138PAGE 26“Opener and eBay Trivia” (“BIN” Buy-It-Now & “DNMR” Did Not Meet Reserve)L-001-999, Cellulube Chemicals, 8, $168.50L-002-009, Strohs, 8, $140.39L-999-999, (Similar L-1 But Bottle Shaped) SpearmanEnglish Type Ale (Fantasy), 8, $79.99The drop down can shaped L-1 openers are common withbeer advertising. The one with Cellulube Chemicals wassought after and went high at $168.50. The L-2 Strohswas a $200.00 corkscrew bottle at one time but as morekeep turning up the price keeps dropping. Once again Imost report on the L-999 drop down bottle shaped openersas one with Spearman beer sold for $79.99. The label wasadded by the seller. If you like the style that is fine butremember these are “fantasy” openers.M-002-013, McKechnie Canandaigua, 6, $124.39M-002-013, McKechnie Canandaigua, 6, $62.99M-003-037, Sheridan (Green), 8, $364.99M-073-002, Missoula (Green), 8, $152.50The “painted” M-style openers saw one very high bid forthe M-3 Sheridan but any Sheridan beer slider is hard tofind. The M-2 lithographed saw two sales for Canandaiguabeer with the price being on either side of the range$50-125 (a very wide price range.) The M-73 Missoulaslider corkscrew was on the money for what the beersones have been selling but can still go up to $250.00.M-006-002, Hamms, 4, $208.89This is the third or fourth Hamms beer bell sold on eBayand the prices range from $175-250. It is certainly themost desirable beer bell and by far the most costly. Theprice is being driven by having the Hamms beer name.M-019-999, 7Up Tom Joyce, 6, $260.50M-019-999, Anaconda (Recessed Lettering), 8,$202.50M-019-999, Orange Crush (Fantasy), 8, $212.50M-019-999, Whistle (Fantasy), 8, $203.49M-509-999, C&C Super Ginger Ale, 8, $128.61M-type muddlers have been hot for a couple of years. <strong>Just</strong>remember very few are rare and prices are very high formany including common ones. Maybe one day they willcool off. Collectors seem to treasure “original patina” onthese and do not like shiny brass ones other than the antiquebrass look.M-026-005, Western, 6, $122.75M-026-005, Western, 6, $123.51Two sales for the pocket corkscrew from Western Breweryin Belleville, Il. I would value one at $100-125 sothese were on the money.N-063-001, Anheuser-Busch, 4, $125.00N-087-001, Star, 8, $202.19Until this N-63 A-B knife appeared on eBay I thought Iowned the only example which had come through the RayBraeuner and Don Bull collections. Bob Sommer got anice buy at $125.00. The knife does turn up with just aknife blade and not as a opener blade like the N-63. TheN-87 Star was in great condition and caused the result tobe $202.19.O-002-028, Hamms, 8, $153.49O-002-999, Coca-Cola (Porcelain), 10, $406.98O-002-999, Dr Pepper, 4, $93.85O-002-UL, Burgie Beer (Burgie Man), 10, $152.49O-006-999, Coca-Cola (Porcelain), 8, $102.50O-006-999, Coca-Cola (Porcelain), 10, $187.50O-006-999, Donad Duck Soft Drinks, 10, $274.03O-006-UL, F&S Beer (Marching Man), 8, $154.49Painted wall mounts never seem to end from the Ericksonhoard that was found a few years back. A lot of unusualsoda brands have been offered for sale along with manyunlisted beer wall mounts. Besides being painted on steelmany of these new openers are on porcelain and until thehoard was found, not known. It certainly made the O-2Coca-Cola go extremely high at $406.98. Many of these“new” openers seem to be one of a kind but many werefound in numbers. A buyer needs to be careful!O-005-999, G E, 4, $230.27O-505-999, Big Boy, 8, $231.50O-505-999, Icy-O, 4, $272.62O-505-999, Mavis (Best Offer), 6, $200.00O-505-999, Nehi, 6, $125.50O-507-999, Pepsi=Cola, 6, $155.14Starr and Starr X enjoyed some really good results and asJohn Eblen has told me the early dated Starr openers(check out the last issue) are bringing really good money.The O-507 Pepsi=Cola cast iron “tear drop” went formuch more than the normal $25-50. With eBay manytimes there is no logic as to why something sells for whatit does.P-001-018, Winkelmeyer, 6, $271.99P-006-999, (Flash w/ Paper Label) Senate Beer(Fantasy), 8, $152.50P-008-193, Mobile, 6, $213.61P-019-010, Kalispell, 6, $164.50P-051-UL, Budd Beer Ottumwa IA, 6, $182.50P-063-001, Gerst (Black Case), 8, $338.33P-063-001, Gerst (Black Case), 8, $306.01
J U S T FOR OPENERS OCT 2 013 - JAN 2014 ISSU E #138PAGE 27“Opener and eBay Trivia” (“BIN” Buy-It-Now & “DNMR” Did Not Meet Reserve)Beer corkscrews examples shown are all either rare breweriesor from states that have a very heavy demand. The P-1 Winkelmeyer is only the second one I have seen. Inthis case a family member is pursuing anything from thebrewery. The P-6 Flash with a Senate Beer label washomemade and just a “fantasy” item. You really need tobe leery of anything with a paper label. It is just too easyto ad one to a blank opener. The other beer corkscrewsshown are from “hot brewery states” including Montana,Iowa and anything from the Southeastern U. S.R-014-999, Coca-Cola Bottling Works Lake CityFL, 6, $260.00R-014-999, Coca-Cola Willys-Knight Cars KissimmeeFL, 6, $260.00R-999-999, Scott Products Hockey Skate TorontoMaple Leafs (Missing NHL Logo) (Best Offer),6, $235.00The R-14 is one ugly looking can, bottle and jar combinationopener. With Coca-Cola advertising they are rare. Ihave seen two or three examples of each of the ones listedabove and they always bring in the $175-225 range. I soldmy two for the Buy-It-Now price of $260.00 each. In thelast year I noticed the R-999 figural hockey skate openerA 60th Birthday Gift Goes South on eBayAs a rule any opener given to me as a birthday gift is kepteven though many members know just about every opener Iown can be bought or traded for. The N-100-1 Lone Star“Sliding Window” knife shown at the right was a gift but Ialready had a very nice one in the collection and this one wasin average shape. So of course I tried to sell it on eBay (for$50) and very quickly got the following response.“I need to know how you acquired this knife. This knife belongsto my Grandfather Roby R. Burkett who owned LoneStar beer Distributing Co. in Galveston Texas. This knifealong with many other of his collectibles were stolen in themid 90s. I have not yet reported to ebay or anyone else thatyou're in possession of stolen property. Please take this itemdown. Please contact me. We would like the property returned.”After some back and forth with a few more threats from thisguy, I searched and saw his grandfather waswho he said and had passed away. The personwho gave me the knife will remainanonymous. I told the “accuser” they couldhave it and sent it to him. I never got a thankyou and hope his family will “treasure it.”from different NHL teams and decided to track some results.They generally sell for at least $50.00 and can gofor $100-125 many times and even higher depending onthe team advertised on the opener.Z-Corkscrew, English 19thC Folding Bow 3-ToolMulti-Tool w/ Adjustable Candle Holder, 6,$3,950.00Z-Corkscrew, German 19thC Dreadnought Patent6570, 6, $8,152.16Z-Corkscrew, US 1882 Pitt Patent (w/ WoodenHandle), 4, $2,247.00Z-Corkscrew, US 20thC Syroco Golden Knight, 8,$2,350.00Z-Corkscrew, US 20thC Syroco Golden Knight(DNMR), 8, $1,655.00The message this time is the same as has been stated in thelast few years, the ICCA Auction site is where most goodcorkscrews are being sold. eBay did have some good onesand the real highlight was the German “Dreadnought” beingsold for $8,152.16. The Syroco Golden Knights areseeing lower prices as more and more examples are sold.It is still the Syroco corkscrew to own if you have to pickthe “best one.”
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