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Champagne bottle with non-functioning Seth

Thomas clock with a

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Premier Champagne 2000

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label to celebrate the new millennium.

Slate clock with painting by Tara, 1997.

Clock copyrighted 1997 by Pink Cloud, Sharon,

Connecticut. 8 3/4

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x 8 3/4

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The Maurin Quina clock is based on the famous poster created by Italian-born Leonetto

Cappiello. The father of French art posters, this brilliant piece is his most famous image.

On the right is a devil pulling a cork from a bottle with a corkscrew on his backside. It is

marked ©TARANIS 2001 W.U.I. In March 2003, the

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Pewter Devil Wine Cork Screw

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was selling for $12.95 or three for $24.90. By December 2003, the mailorder firm Design

Toscano had reduced the price to $7.95 or three for $14.95.