Steph

Very nice. In case you keep posting these and I don't tell you each time how much I appreciate them, I REALLY appreciate them.

Prize Name Trying to recall ... was "spiral" what collectors called those in the 80's?

so nice

Doesn't look like they should be so mysterious. So it's not something obvious like cuff links?

We're almost done transferring to DVD. Looks like my cache of videos was 6 with buttons and 2 with marbles.

Beautiful! Thanks for adding!

(Jill Marie's)

^^ secure in his Hugh-Laurie-esque looks

love the colors on that second one.

gorgeous plumage

A bit ago I got eight Running Rabbit videos. I still haven't seen most of them coz we didn't have a video player hooked up. Hubbers is transferring them to DVD for me now. The first DVD holds two of the tapes. And they're button auctions. Did you know Running Rabbit auctioned buttons? I'm actually interested in watching the DVDs coz I have some nice buttons I'm hoping to learn more about. (If anyone has a link to a button forum, that would be good to know too.)

yes! I like

7-ups very sunshiny ones

In a Peltier state of mind:

I just feel like seeing some.

Thanks for bumping. I was just reminding myself to look that up. Congratulations to Marilyn and Dominic.

hmmmm ... there must be someone ......

Is this one metallic?

lol

Maybe someone will yet be willing to take a swing at an estimate for that particular corkscrew. You have to keep condition in mind though. I think I see some tiny fractures. Are there any other condition issues?

There's a very wide range in cork prices. Did you check out Bob Block's book yet? Does it have updated prices? In his older edition he would give prices for basic corks in different categories (such as prizename and popeye, if I recall correctly). And then he'd give multipliers for when they had special features. Like it might be worth 2 times as much or 1.5 times as much with a certain feature. I once used the multipliers in his older edition -- used about three at once which I thought applied to the same marble -- and ended up with an estimated value of about $2500. I eventually sold the marble for $80 to someone I trusted to tell me straight what the value was. I wasn't sure about my grading at the time, and so I asked about that and about what he really thought the marble was worth. It was a wet mint marble (which I had been afraid to say in my description) and he said he would have paid $100 for it if he had a chance to view it in hand at a show. My point? Ummm ... not sure .... oh yeah ... there's really not a simple formula -- there's not even a standard corkscrew. The most common corkscrews probably sell for less than a dollar. Others sell for hundreds.

That was you! Cool. I didn't know your name. I have felt envy and admiration over that particular panel of Cairos. I am fond of Cairos.

Love these. Where do you find them?