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This corkscrew was offered in a December
2001 Christie
‟
s South Kensington catalog
with this description:
A modern brass corkscrew - club
type with open barrel, knurled
brass top handle and bar fly-nut
extracting handle, pointed centre
worm.
The sale estimate was US$220 - 290.
It did not sell.
The same corkscrew was offered by
Christie
‟
s in May 2002 with this
description adding the last three words:
A modern brass corkscrew - club
type with open barrel, knurled
brass top hand and bar fly-nut
extracting handle, pointed centre
worm, probably hand-made.
The catalog photo was in black and white
instead of color.
The sale estimate was US$150-220 / £100-
150.
This time it sold for £141.
