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Miller's Corkscrews and Wine Antiques Christopher Sykes

Miller's Corkscrews and Wine Antiques By Christopher Sykes

Miller's Corkscrews and Wine Antiques by Christopher Sykes


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Summary

Written for the new collector, this guide considers items such as wine funnels, decorative corks, decanter labels, port tilters and champagne taps as well as 300-odd patented corkscrews. The guide identifies makers and gives advice on price ranges.

Miller's Corkscrews and Wine Antiques Summary

Miller's Corkscrews and Wine Antiques: A Collector's Guide by Christopher Sykes

Miller's Collectors's Guides is a series of books aimed at providing an essential introduction to varied and popular subjects for the budding collector. Reflecting the growing trend in the antiques market towards collectibles (small, often affordable items) these practical guides are filled with ideas on how to form a collection, what to specialize in, and how to identity objects. Often showing photographed items, these are guides no collector can afford to be without.

About Christopher Sykes

Phil Ellis holds a Masters degree in History and is an experienced antiques writer who contributes to several publications. For the past ten years he has been working as Assistant Editor on the weekly Antiques magazine. He is also a major contributor to Miller's Antiques, Art & Collectables on the Web (2000). Christopher Sykes began dealing in country antiques in 1949. In 1967 he moved to Woburn where, with Sally Lloyd and his wife. Margaret, he produced mail-order catalogues on scientific instruments, old pub and shop signs, and early metalwork. Since 1985 Christopher's Woburn shop has specialized in corkscrews and wine-related antiques; the items are also catalogued for sale to collectors worldwide Christopher is a regular consultant to the Miller's Antiques Price Guide.

Additional information

GOR001522972
9781840004397
1840004398
Miller's Corkscrews and Wine Antiques: A Collector's Guide by Christopher Sykes
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Octopus Publishing Group
20010816
64
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