Recognition

Awards

Babbidge

Homer Babbidge Award

The Homer Babbidge Award was established at the 1984 AGM held at the Hotel Univers, Tours, France, October 26, 1984.

At that meeting, “It was resolved that Bernard Watney, Richard Dennis and Brother Timothy form a committee to make an annual award…to be presented to the member who has made the largest contribution during the year into the research of corkscrews and have presented the committee with their findings in writing. The first award to be made in 1985.”

To date, awards have been granted in all but 6 years. [Note: the date is the year the award was presented at the AGM.]

Year	Author(s)	Title
1985	Bernard Watney	"The History of Stoppers and Corkscrews"
1986	Don Minzenmayer	"Corkscrew Handles"
1987	Bob Nugent	"Knives with Corkscrews"
1988	Joe Paradi	"French Corkscrew Patents"
1989	Ron MacLean	"Common Corkscrews-II"
1990	Bob Nugent	"History of the Robert Murphy Corkscrew"
1991	Don Bull	video tape recording of a corkscrew post card collection with narration, and all Addicts’ Best 6 photographs from 1974 through 1991
1992	None
1993	Don Minzenmayer	"Dissertation on the Screwpull"
1994	Ferd Peters	"French Patents by Perille"
1995	Bert Giulian	"Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century"
1996	Fred O’Leary	"Corkscrews–1000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle"
1997	Don Bull	Virtual Corkscrew Museum website
1998	None
1999	None
2000	None
2001	Don Bull	"Boxes full of Corkscrews"
2002	Don Bull	Internet book "Cork Ejectors"
2003	Ron MacLean and Bob Nugent (posthumously)	Internet book "William Rockwell Clough"
2004	Don Bull	his book, "Japanese Patents"
2005	Anne-Lise Køhler, Per Ekman and Helgir Solheim	"Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents 1867 - 1973"
2006	Don Bull	"The Perfect Extractor"
2007	None
2008	None
2009	None
2010	None
2011	Don Bull and Joe Paradi	Champagne Collectible
2012	None
2013	Don Bull and Joe Paradi	Wine Antiques and Collectibles
2014	None
2015	None
2016	Don Bull, Bert Giulian and Joe Paradi	World Class Corkscrews
2020	Jose Barella, Bert Giulian and Ion Chirescu	Irish Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century
2021	Don Bull and John Stanley	Anheuser-Busch Knives & Match Safes: The Collection of Robert Sudduth

MacDonald

Frank MacDonald Award

The Frank MacDonald Award was established at the 1991 AGM at the Beekman Arms Inn, Rhinebeck, New York.

It is to be awarded annually “to the Addict who circulated the best Best6…for the previous year. The award is determined by a rotating committee.

[Note: The date is the year the Best 6 was published. Awards are published in the following year’s minutes.]

Year	Recipient
1991	Giovanni Giachin (steel pieces) and Joe Paradi (mechanical pieces)
1992	Bert Giulian
1993	Bob Nugent (for corkscrews never before seen in a Best 6)
1994	Alf Erickson
1995	Ron MacLean (selection of combination carriage key corkscrews)
1996	Helgir Solheim
1997	Ferd Peters
1998	Rolf Herrmann
1999	Guy Olive
2000	Milt Becker
2001	Ferd Peters
2002	[No recipient named at the AGM]
2003	Hans Türler
2004	John Morris
2005	Wolfgang Händel
2006	Pol Lenzinger
2007	Jack Bandy
2008	Bert Giulian
2009	Steven Webb
2010	Ian Hunter
2011	Karl-Heinz Humpert
2012	Barry Taylor
2014	Ian Hunter
2015	Jose Barella
2016	Ion Chirescu
2017	Karl-Heinz Humpert
2018	Jose Barella
2019	Ian Hunter
2020	Ian Hunter
2021	Bert Giulian
2022	Tommy Campnell
2023	Josef L'Africain
2024	James Zalaznik

Nugent

Robert P. Nugent Award

The Robert P. Nugent Award was established at the 1996 AGM and is for recognition of the best submission to the Bottle Scrue Times over the past year.

The award is determined by the Editor of the BST. [Note: the date is the year the award was presented at the AGM.]

Year	Author(s)	Reason
1997	Bob Goldscheider	photo of a Gold Corkscrew
1998	Klaus Pumpenmeier	research article on German Corkscrews
1999	No award given
2000	Buster Berntson
2001	Jens Arnbjerg	research article "Danish Hallmarks on Corkscrews"
2002	Nick Hunt	2001 AGM Write-up
2003	Ferd Peters	article, "First Update of German Registered Deigns and Patents"
2004	Buster Berntson	articles, "Reflection over a Pistol", and "Bar Screws, Five Years Later"
2005	Adolfo Roque	article, "The Rights CapeAveiros Gabao"
2006	Nick Hunt	write-up of 2005 AGM
2007	Hans Türler	"Corkscrews as Objects of Intellectual Property"
2008	Carroll Johnson	article on "Traveling Sets"
2009	Don Bull	article on the Hamilton Estabrook Patent
2010	Barry Taylor	two articles, The Johnson Patent and Edward P. Haff Corkscrews.
2011	Josef L'Africain	2010 AGM write-up and his article "Frary-ations"
2012	John Morris	"Wall Mount Openers and Corkscrews"
2013	Ferd Peters	"Belgian Corkscrews"
2014	Jens Arnbjerg	"Laguiole Knives with Corkscrews"
2015	Don Bull	article on Spanish Corkscrews
2016	Dick Clark	article on the Preston and Sons Tool Brace Holder
2017	Ferd Peters	two articles Champagne Wire Scissors and Corkscrew Worms.
2018	Dick Clark	article Fools Gold
2019	Josef L'Africain	article American Corkscrews with a Pivoted Lateral Projection (awarded by Right Ian Hunter)
2020	Fredrik Åström	article entitled Wedwåg: A Discovery that is Changing Nordic (and Perhaps Global) Corkscrew History
2021	Bert Giulian	article entitled "Early Swedish Knife"
2022	Barry Taylor	article American Glass Cutter Tools with Corkscrews
2023	Dick Clark	article Researching Japanese Patents
2024	Barry Taylor	article German Travel Sets with Corkscrews

Watney

Bernard Watney Award

The first meeting of the International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts (ICCA) was organized at the Guinness Brewery in London in 1974 by Bernard Watney. In attendance at the first AGM were Addicts Babbidge, Bingham, Dennis, Ekman, MacDonald, DeSanctis, Phillips, Stark, and Watney. In the minutes of the sixth AGM held at the Guinness Brewery on September 26, 1979, this is reported: “Amidst the cheers of assembled Addicts, Dr. Watney assumed the honorary title of ‘Start Right,’ in recognition of his status as the founder of our little band. ”

Bernard Watney coauthored the first important contribution to the World of Corkscrews in 1981 with Homer Babbidge, that book is the classic Corkscrews for Collectors.. Bernard passed away September 28, 1998. This award is given in memory of Bernard.

Purpose of Award: To recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the World of Corkscrews. The award is not limited to members of corkscrew collecting organizations.

Selection Committee: Honorary Chairperson Mavis Watney, Thomas Uhler, and Reinhold Berndt.

Nominations for award: Any person either affiliated or non-affiliated with corkscrew collecting organizations may submit nominations. Email nominations to Thomas Uhler at jthomasuhler@gmail.com and Reinhold Berndt at r.berndt@t-online.de.

Number of Awards: Each recipient will receive one award for their work or works. The published list will include all contributions for each recipient with year noted for publications and the year of the award. In the event the recipient makes further contributions, those contributions will be added to the list.

Criteria:

Books – Published books dedicated to corkscrews and some where the corkscrew is prominent but not the whole subject

Papers – Published papers dedicated to corkscrews which expand the corkscrew knowledge base

Newsletters – Editors who have compiled and published newsletters over a long period time

Articles – Generally articles in newsletters and on websites are not considered unless they have been published as stand-alone papers

Websites – Websites which have content of historical and informational value to the Corkscrew World

Museums – Museums open to the public with a wide range of corkscrews displayed with information about the corkscrews

Other – The committee will consider all nominations for the Bernard Watney Award for outstanding contributions to the World of Corkscrews including but not limited to organization of meetings, exhibitions, presentations, inventions, and extraordinary accomplishments

Name	Title	Type	Published	Year of Award
Andrew, Fred	The Incomplete, Complete Book of Barscrews	Book	1995	2011
Annoni, Paolo	Museo del Cavatappi, Italy	Museum		2010
Babbidge, Homer*	Corkscrews for Collectors	Book	1981	2009
Bandy, Jack*	The Incomplete, Complete Book of Barscrews	Book	1995	2011
Barella, José*	Irish Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century	Book	2019	2020
Berndt, Reinhold	Federzungen	Book	2002	2009
Berndt, Reinhold	Korkenzieher in Thüringer Handelskatalogen	Book	2009	2009
Berndt, Reinhold	Korkenzieher in Thüringer Handelskatalogen (Volume 2)	Book	2009	2009
Berndt, Reinhold	Thuringian Straight Pull Corkscrews	Book	2015	2009
Berntson, Buster*	Scandinavian Corkscrews	Book	1994	2009
Bertazzo, Ottilia Munaretti	L'Art dei Cavatappi	Book	2005	2009
Bidault, Gérard	Les Fabriques Français de Tire-Bouchon 1820 - 1970	Book	2000	2009
Bidault, Gérard	Les Brevets de Tire-Bouchons Français 1847-1968	Book	2005	2009
Bidault, Gérard	Les Tire-Bouchons Français	Book	2005	2009
Bull, Donald	Beer Advertising Openers - A Pictorial Guide	Book	1978	2009
Bull, Donald	A Price Guide to Beer Advertising Openers and Corkscrews	Book	1981	2009
Bull, Donald	The Kirby Corkscrew	Paper	1988	2009
Bull, Donald	Bull's Pocket Guide to Corkscrews	Book	1999	2009
Bull, Donald*	Just for Openers	Book	1999	2009
Bull, Donald	The Ultimate Corkscrew Book	Book	1999	2009
Bull, Donald	Beer Advertising: Knives, Letter Openers, etc.	Book	2000	2009
Bull, Donald*	Soda Advertising Openers	Book	2000	2009
Bull, Donald*	Anri Woodcarvings	Book	2001	2009
Bull, Donald	Boxes Full of Corkscrews	Book	2001	2009
Bull, Donald	Cork Ejectors	Book	2004	2009
Bull, Donald	Corkscrew Patents of Japan	Book	2004	2009
Bull, Donald	Corkscrew Stories Volume 1 & 2	Books	2004	2009
Bull, Donald	The Perfect Extractor	Book	2005	2009
Bull, Donald	Figural Corkscrews	Book	2009	2009
Bull, Donald	Corkscrew Ephemera Volume 1, 2, 3 & 4	eBooks	2010	2009
Bull, Donald	Corkscrew Stories Volume 3 & 4	eBooks	2010	2009
Bull, Donald	World's Fair & Exhibition Corkscrews and Openers	eBook	2010	2009
Bull, Donald*	Champagne Collectibles	Book	2011	2009
Bull, Donald	The Incomplete Chicago Corkscrew Story	eBook	2012	2009
Bull, Donald*	Wine Antiques & Collectibles	Book	2013	2009
Bull, Donald*	Advertising Openers	Book	2014	2009
Bull, Donald*	World-Class Corkscrews	Book	2015	2009
Bull, Donald*	Anheuser-Busch Knives & Matchsafes	Book	2021	2009
Bull, Donald	The Virtual Corkscrew Museum	Website		2009
Butler, Robin*	The Book of Wine Antiques	Book	1986	2009
Butler, Robin	Great British Wine Accessories	Book	2010	2010
Campnell, Tommy*	SyrocoWood Corkscrew & Decorative Accessories	Book	2018	2018
Cecconi, Armando*	Cavatappi Italiani (Italian Corkscrews)	Book	2013	2014
Chionna, Davide*	Cavatappi Italiani (Italian Corkscrews)	Book	2013	2014
Chirescu, Ion*	History, Culture and Legends in British Brass Corkscrews	Book	2015	2016
Chirescu, Ion	Museum, Bucharest Romania	Museum		2016
Chirescu, Ion*	Sealing Stamp Corkscrews	Book	2016	2016
Chirescu, Ion*	Cancan Ladies' Legs Corkscrews	Book	2017	2016
Chirescu, Ion*	Artistry in Statuette Corkscrews	Book	2018	2016
Chirescu, Ion*	SyrocoWood Corkscrew & Decorative Accessories	Book	2018	2016
Chirescu, Ion*	Cage Corkscrews / Tire- Bouchons À Cage	Book	2018	2016
Chirescu, Ion*	Irish Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century	Book	2019	2020
Chirescu, Ion*	Combination Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century	Book	2022	2023
Cimagalli, Giorgio	Cavatappi Italiani (Italian Corkscrews)	Book	2013	2014
Coldicott, Peter	A Guide to Collecting Corkscrews	Book	1994	2009
Cornell, John	Brass Figural Handle Toasting Forks and Corkscrews	Book	2007	2010
Danziger, Herb	Corkscrews of the Syracuse Ornamental Company	Article	1983	2011
De Sanctis, Paolo*	I Cavatappi	Book	1988	2009
De Sanctis, Paolo*	The Corkscrew a Thing of Beauty	Book	1990	2009
De Sanctis, Paolo*	Le Collezioni Cavatappi	Book	1993	2009
D'Errico, Nicholas	American Corkscrew Patents 1921-1992	Book	1993	2009
Desor, Jean-Louis	Florileges de Tire-Bouchons les figuratifs	Book	2009	2010
Dippel, Horst	Korkenzieher	Book	1988	2009
Doornkaat, Heinz ten	Deutsche Korkenzieher Patente	Book	1991	2009
Ekman, Per*	Scandinavian Corkscrews	Book	1994	2009
Ekman, Per*	Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents	Book	2004	2009
Ellis, Barbara*	Corkscrews: British Registered Designs	Book	2007	2009
Ellis, Barbara*	Corkscrews	Book	2009	2009
Ellis, Frank*	Corkscrews: British Registered Designs	Book	2007	2009
Ellis, Frank*	Corkscrews	Book	2009	2009
Fantoni, Maurizio*	I Cavatappi	Book	1988	2009
Fantoni, Maurizio*	The Corkscrew a Thing of Beauty	Book	1990	2009
Fantoni, Maurizio*	Le Collezioni Cavatappi	Book	1993	2009
Geoffroy, Alain	Domaine Alain Geoffroy, Beine, France	Museum		2020
Gerovassiliou, Evangelos	Domaine Gerovassiliou, Greece	Museum		2011
Giulian, Bertrand	Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century	Book	1995	2009
Giulian, Bertrand*	History of Pocket Corkscrews and Pocketknives	Book	2006	2009
Giulian, Bertrand*	World-Class Corkscrews	Book	2015	2009
Giulian, Bertrand*	Sealing Stamp Corkscrews	Book	2016	2009
Giulian, Bertrand*	Cage Corkscrews / Tire- Bouchons À Cage	Book	2018	2009
Giulian, Bertrand*	Irish Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century	Book	2019	2020
Giulian, Bertrand*	Combination Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Centruy	Book	2022	2023
Grondeau, Alain	Un autre regard sur les Tire-Bouchons	Book	2021	2021
Grondeau, Alain	Un autre regard sur les Tire-Bouchons Acte II	Book	2021	2021
Handel, Wolfgang	Korkenzieher Patente	Book	1991	2009
Heckmann, Manfred	Korkenzieher	Book	1979	2009
Hoefer, Peter	Österreichische Korkenzieherpatente 1882-1980	Book		2009
Hohn, Heinz	Dreko Drehteile und Korkenzieher	Book	2000	2009
Hunter, Ian	Adelaide Corkscrews	Paper	2011	2012
Hutchinson, Francis	British Corkscrew Patents	Book		2009
Kincaid, Fred	ICCA Corkscrew Auctions on the Web	Website		2010
Køhler, Anne-Lise	French Corkscrew Patents Found in Denmark	Book	2003	2009
Køhler, Anne-Lise*	Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents	Book	2004	2009
Køhler, Anne-Lise*	Scandinavian Brass and Bronze Corkscrews	Booklet	2014	2009
L'Africain, Josef	Detroit Corkscrews	Paper	2012	2013
L'Africain, Josef	Finding Frary	Paper	2013	2013
L'Africain, Josef*	SyrocoWood Corkscrew & Decorative Accessories	Book	2018	2013
Lapierre, Jacques*	Les Tire-Bouchons Extensibles	Book	2010	2010
Lapierre, Jacques	Les Tire-Bouchons en Forme de Bouteille de Champagne	Book	2019	2010
Leigh, James Ron	Corkscrews: Some Hisotry, Some Technology	Book	2007	2009
Lenzinger, Pol	Fromm Winery, New Zealand	Museum		2020
MacLean, Ron	Canadian Corkscrew Patents	Book	1985	2009
MacLean, Ron	Eclectic Corkscrew Patents 1931-1988	Paper	1996	2009
MacLean, Ron	The Common Corkscrew / Diverse Executions	Paper	1988	2009
MacLean, Ron	The Common Corkscrew II	Paper	1989	2009
MacLean, Ron	The Common Corkscrew III	Paper	1990	2009
MacLean, Ron	The Common Corkscrew IV	Paper	1991	2009
MacLean, Ron	The Common Corkscrew V	Paper	1994	2009
MacLean, Ron	The Williamson Story	Paper	1994	2009
MacLean, Ron*	William Rockwell Clough, 2004	Book	2004	2009
May, Brian*	Double Folding Corkscrews	Paper	2012	2013
May, Brian*	Story of Wm. Robert Maud and his Patent Corkscrews	Paper	2012	2013
Meadows, Wayne	Compendium of Bar Corkscrews	Book	2001	2009
Meadows, Wayne*	Austrian Figural Corkscrew Design	Book	2015	2009
Minzenmayer, Don	Warm Wood Cold Steel	Paper	1986	2010
Minzenmayer, Don	The Screwpull Corkscrew	Paper	1993	2010
Minzenmayer, Don	Screwpull: Creation & History of a High-tech Corkscrew	Book	2013	2010
Morris, John	U. S. Corkscrew Update	Paper	2012	2011
Morris, John*	United States Patents: The little things that make a difference	Paper	2010	2011
Morris, Martha*	United States Patents: The little things that make a difference	Paper	2010	2011
Nugent, Robert	Knives with Corkscrews	Paper	1987	2009
Nugent, Robert*	William Rockwell Clough	Book	2004	2009
O'Dell, Gail*	History, Culture and Legends in British Brass Corkscrews	Book	2015	2016
O'Leary, Fred	Corkscrews: 1000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle	Book	1996	2009
Olive, Guy	Tire Bouchons Français Brevets 1828-1974	Book	1995	2009
Ouvrard, Marc	The Corkscrew Blog, France	Website		2020
Ouvrard, Marc	Le tire-bouchon aux XVIIIe siécles	Book	2022	2020
Paradi, Joe	French Corkscrew Patents	Book	1988	2009
Paradi, Joe	Hungarian Corkscrew Patents & Registered Designs	Book	2007	2009
Paradi, Joe*	Champagne Collectibles	Book	2011	2009
Paradi, Joe*	Wine Antiques & Collectibles	Book	2013	2009
Paradi, Joe*	World-Class Corkscrews	Book	2015	2009
Paradi, Joe*	History, Culture and Legends in British Brass Corkscrews	Book	2015	2009
Paradi, Joe	CorkscrewNet.com	Website		2009
Paradi, Monika	Cookbook for Corkscrew Collectors	Book	1991	2009
Paradi, Monika	Cookbook for Corkscrew Collectors - Volume II	Book	2010	2009
Payne, Roy*	History, Culture and Legends in British Brass Corkscrews	Book	2015	2016
Perry, Evan	Corkscrews and Bottle Openers	Book	1980	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrew Patents and Registrations	Book	1997	2009
Peters, Ferd	Mechanical Corkscrews, Their Evolution, actions, and patents	Book	1999	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrew Patents, D.R.P. 1877-2000	Book	2002	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrew Registrations, D.R.G.M. 1891-2000	Book	2002	2009
Peters, Ferd*	History of Pocket Corkscrews and Pocketknives	Book	2006	2009
Peters, Ferd	Contemporary Corkscrews	Book	2011	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrews Protected by Law	Book	2011	2009
Peters, Ferd	Ladies, Their Charms, Legs and Shoes (Corkscrews etc.)	Book	2016	2009
Pumpenmeier, Klaus	Deutscher Gebrauchmusterschutz for Korkenzieher	Book	1997	2009
Rains, Philly*	Anri Woodcarvings	Book	2001	2009
Robinson, Sal	Austrian Figural Corkscrew Design	Book	2015	2016
Roe, Lehr	Edward P. Haff	Paper		2011
Roger, Robert	A Guide to Gimlets	Book	2003	2009
Roger, Robert	Patented Ice Reducing Tools	Book	2007	2009
Rousset-Rouard, Yves	Musée du Tire-Bouchon, France	Museum		2010
Sharp, Michael*	The Incomplete, Complete Book of Barscrews	Book	1995	2011
Shaub, Paul	Guide to American Corkscrew Patents, V. 1 & 2	Book	1978	2009
Soare, Alexandru*	Cancan Ladies' Legs Corkscrews	Book	2017	2018
Soare, Alexandru*	Artistry in Statuette Corkscrews	Book	2018	2018
Solheim, Helgir	Corkscrews in Norway	Paper	1990	2009
Solheim, Helgir*	Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents	Book	2004	2009
Stanley, John*	Just for Openers	Book	1999	2009
Stanley, John*	Soda Advertising Openers	Book	2000	2009
Stanley, John*	Advertising Openers	Book	2014	2009
Stanley, John*	Anheuser-Busch Knives & Match Safes	Book	2021	2009
Taylor, Barry	ICCA Corkscrew Auctions on the Web	Website		2010
Türler, Hajo	Swiss Corkscrew Patents	Book	2002	2009
Türler, Hajo*	Les Tire-Bouchons Extensibles	Book	2010	2009
Vivanco, Rafael	Bodegas Dinastia Vivanco, Spain	Museum		2011
Walkling, Gillian	The Book on Wine Antiques	Book	1986	2010
Wallis, Fretcher	British Corkscrew Patents from 1795	Book	1997	2009
Watney, Bernard*	Corkscrews for Collectors	Book	1981	2009
Watney, Bernard	The History of Stoppers and Corkscrews	Article	1985	2009
Webb, Steven*	Double Folding Corkscrews	Paper	2012	2013
Webb, Steven*	Story of Wm. Robert Maud and his Patent Corkscrews	Paper	2012	2013
Young, Joe	Have you Looked at Your Roundlets Lately?	Paper	1985	2010
Young, Joe	Arcade Manufacturing Co., Freeport, Illinois	Paper	1986	2010
Young, Joe	Does the Van Gieson Corkscrew Exist	Paper	1994	2010
Young, Joe	Just Who Was M. L. Byrn?	Paper		2010
Znaty, Simon	Les Tire-Bouchons Figuratifs	Book	2022	2022