Over the last two decades antique corkscrews have become highly collectable with some reaching five figure sums at auction. In this light hearted lecture John presents the case for regarding corkscrews not just as being mere utilitarian tools but things of real beauty. In this well illustrated talk John shares his enthusiasm for corkscrews, tracing their history and development from the eighteenth century while demonstrating some of the more intriguing and bizarre mechanisms for extracting corks from bottles!