CANADIAN CORKSCREW COLLECTORS CLUB
The Canadian Corkscrew Collectors Club was founded in 1981 when a group
of corkscrew collectors in Canada answered a magazine ad asking anyone interested
in corkscrews to get together with a view to starting a club. The CCCC
is now a worldwide organization with more than 200 members on five continents.
The first annual general meeting took place in 1985. Since then the
group has travelled to venues in eight countries:
1985 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1986-1989 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
1990 Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1991 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1992 Avon, Connecticut, USA
1993 Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada
1994 Lambertville, New Jersey, USA
1995 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1996 Southbury, Connecticut, USA
1997 London, England
1998 Napa, California, USA
1999 Saumur, Loire, France
2000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2001 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2002 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 Monterey, California, USA
2004 Lake Como, Italy
2005 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2006 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2007 Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
2009 London, England
At the annual convention members buy, sell and trade, offer stories at a
“Show and Tell” session, and participate in a commission-free auction.
They put their corkscrews to good use at various social events. The
club has no constitution and only one rule: no rules. The business
of the convention is to decide where the meeting will be two years down the
road, and to see if dues are sufficient to cover the expenses of producing
and mailing the club newsletter, The Quarterly Worme.
Membership in the CCCC is open to collectors and dealers alike - anyone
keen on corkscrews. The annual dues are US$48. Members get four editions
of the newsletter (about two dozen pages of photos, stories, comments, articles,
vintage advertisements and catalogues), a chance to participate in the annual
meeting, and a contact list of all other members. Many members send out photos
and descriptions of their "Best Six" finds of the year, free through the newsletter.
Click here to contact the membership
chairman.
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