A valuable and expansive guide to advertising openers of all sorts features over 1,500 images of more than 2,800 openers and corkscrews. It is the ultimate guide to bottle openers. Whether the reader is interested in flat figural, key shape, wire formed, souvenir, and multipurpose openers or lifters, piercers, can keys, and smokers tools, they will find them here.
Part one groups beer advertising openers and corkscrews in an alphanumeric system. Part two has special chapters on manufacturers' openers, beverage openers, can keys, smoker's tools, souvenir openers, and World's Fair openers.
Patent drawings and details are included with many of the photo captions. Value ranges are shown. A chronological index of American patents and a type index in Part three also make this book an invaluable reference.
The authors hope this publication may "open" the minds of new and experienced collectors to the expanse of this unique hobby.
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