Semi-automatic lighter Nassau, 1910

Manufacturer: Nassau Lighter Company
Title: Nassau
Type: Semi-automatic lighter gasoline
Material: Copper
Year: 1910
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 75-200

Lighters Nassau made in New York on Nassau street, since 1910 (although patent Set 1905). It was one of the first automatic pocket lighters that time, the mechanism of action of this principle was invented in Austria in 1909. There were many choices of finishes, from simple chrome plating to gold and silver shells. This lighter is attached emblem of Royal Arcanum - one of the oldest insurance companies, mutual benefit, founded in 1877 in Boston; it exists today.

13.07.2010 Tags: Categories: 1910, Nassau, United States 18 comment (-ev)

Lighter Hurricane, 1930

Title: Hurricane
Type: gasoline windproof lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1930
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 20-80

Lighters Hurricane produced in Bradford in 1930, at the same time a Zippo, and production ended in the beginning of 1940, unable to withstand competition from the Zippo Manufacturing Company. Most often found in copper Hurricane cases, much less - with chrome housing. Presented here is an instance of chrome, and even advertising label that is doubly rare.

13.06.2010 Tags: Categories: 1930, Hurricane, United States 9 comment (-ev)

Lighter Century, 1942-1945

Title: Century
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: Steel
Year: 1942-1945
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 15-50

Lighter Century - typical fliptop of World War II, was produced for the US Army. It is made of steel and coated with typical coating crackle green or brown-gray. Some specimens have inscriptions CENTURY and USA, in windshield, and some do not have any inscriptions.

The last instance is particularly interesting and keeps the spirit of its former owner, an American soldier or officer who scratched on the body of the name of his beloved: «MY ETHEL DEAR».

19.05.2010 Tags: Categories: 1940, Century, United States no comments

Mexican Lighter Wincher, 1940-50

Title: Wincher
Type: gasoline windproof lighter
Material: Copper
Year: 1940-50
Country: Mexico
Approximate cost: $ 15-30

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Dunhill Rollagas in a gold case Cartier, 1960

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London, gold case by Cartier
Name: Dunhill Rollagas
Type: gas lighter
Material: Gold
Year: 1960
Country: Switzerland / France
Approximate cost: $ 500-1000

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Lady's Lighter Dunhill, 1920

Name: Dunhill
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass, gold-plated, ivory
Year: end of 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ xxxx

This ladies model lighters, which are assembled in one body: the very lighter, a watch, a box of powder, platelets and pen for records of ivory (so-called 'ivory tablet'). Lighter collection of David Gold. Hard to even estimate the rarity and value of such an instance, but certainly not less than four-digit dollar amounts :)

Дамская зажигалка Dunhill, 1920-е

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Gilded gas ST Dupont, 1959

Name: ST Dupont
Type: gas lighter
Material: brass, gold plated
Year: 1959
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 100-200

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Dunhill Rollalite 14K gold, 1938

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Rollalite 14K gold
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: 585 gold, copper
Year: 1938
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 400-800

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Dunhill Rollalite brass, 1937

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Rollalite
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1937
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 80-180

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Myon-203 1930

Title: Myon-203
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: Brass
Year: 1930
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 15-30

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Rogers Rocket Flame, 1958

Manufacturer: Rogers
Name: Rogers Rocket Flame
Type: Pipe reactive gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1958
Country: Japan
Approximate cost: $ 15-40

Pipe Lighter with gasoline design 'jet flame'. This design was first patented in 1929 and enhanced in 1944 by the American company Beattie Jet Products. Lighter, apart from the usual cotton wick it has a thin hollow copper tube which passes through the insert and a cotton filler. When a light tilting body lighted tube is heated by the flame of a lighter conventional wick, gasoline fumes and heat inside the insert, expand and rush outside, breaking under the pressure of a thin tube opening. On the way out they light up, forming a rather long 'reactive' side flame, through which user-friendly lighting his pipe. Beattie Jet - the most common model of 'reactive' petrol lighter mid-20th century, the other brands like the Japanese Lighter Rogers, are much rarer.

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ST Dupont, 1940-1945

Name: ST Dupont
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: brass, copper
Year: 1940-45
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 150-300

14.04.2010 Tags: Categories: 1940, ST Dupont, France 4 comment (-ev)

ST Dupont Utility Lighter, 1938

Name: ST Dupont
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: brass, copper
Year: 1938
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 150-250

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Dunhill Broadboy, 1936

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Broadboy
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1936
Country: England
Approximate cost: $ 70-150

12.04.2010 Tags: Categories: 1930, Dunhill, England no comments

Dunhill Rollalite, 1940

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Rollalite
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass, silver plated
Year: 1940
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 60-150

12.04.2010 Tags: Categories: 1940, Dunhill, Switzerland 3 comment (-ev)