The First of Many??

Well it didn't take too long to aquire the first "half price" corkscrew for my collection, a very nice 18th century pocket piece. English in origin, this piece is all steel with a great patina. The price paid was less than £100, is this corkscrew a further sign of prices dropping? We can't take one piece in isolation but I do intend to build my case using pieces I personally aquire over the coming months.