Saturday, March 16, 2013

Auction house - vintage pocket and table lighters, sale

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I received today an email from "Koller Auktionen" - a swiss auction house - with an invitation to the auction on pocket and tabl...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Liebig: Chromo Advertising Trade Cards - Making of Fire, 1908

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I have recently discovered a fantastic field of ephemera collectibles; namely the advertising trade cards from the Liebig Company (produ...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Advert: Lektrolite lighters, Glopoint, 1939-1946

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Three black&white magazine advertisements published in Life Magazine and Popular Mechanics between 1939 and 1946. 
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

14th International Lighter Convention in Krefeld, Germany

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On the 4th of May, 2013 the 14th International Lighter Convention in Krefeld, Germany will take place. Below more information about the m...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Scripophily: Ronson Corporation Stock Certificates

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Ronson vignette used since the late 1920s A blast from the past - Ronson Corporation paper stock certificates were issued between the ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

eBay: $6,888.88 for a Tall 1933 Zippo

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Zippo collectors never cease to amaze me. There is no other lighter company that has so many devoted and well organized collectors. What d...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Collecting lighter lapel pins

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Zippo's 5th Anniversary 1932-1937 pin A lapel pin is a small pin often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket. Lapel pins can be pu...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Catalog: Lektrolite Electric Lighters, 1936

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Lektrolites were produced by the Platinium Group Co. Inc. from 1932 till late 1960s. The first patent (1,899,008) for the flameless lightn...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Will it blend? Disposable lighters

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Maybe someone will find this video amusing.
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W.B. MFG Co., 793 Strikalite Table Lighter, 1947

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The W.B. MFG Co. Table Lighter with the pattern no. 793 was made between 1947-1949 by Weidlich Brothers (Bros) Manufacturing Compan...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Advert: Dunhill Namiki Table, Pocket Lighters, 1931

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A black&white French magazine advertisement published in L'Illustration on June 1931. It depicts among others the Dunhill Lift A...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Lighter Repair Manual. For All Cigarette Lighters, 1954

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I have decided to share some extra content with everybody who wants and is willing to donate couple of dollars for the development of thi...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Advert: Zippo and a modern girl, 1949

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A lovely magazine advertisement published in Holiday magazine on November 1949. It depicts among others the Barcroft Table Lighter. ...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Advert: Gillette Wild Cricket Table Lighters, 1973

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The 1970s were years when table lighters were disappearing from the markets all over the world. The demand for them fall significantly bec...