Collectable Vintage Lighters

Some of the thousands of vintage cigarette lighters that are popular with collectors, as gathered from several lighter websites on the Internet:

* COLIBRI ORIGINAL: A 1929 British-made silver lighter with a motorcycle-like kick starter. It retails for about $190 in excellent condition.

* DUNHILL UNIQUE A: A Silver-plated British-made lighter of the 1920s designed by Alfred Dunhill. It sells for about $220 in excellent condition.

* ECLYDO WATCH LIGHTER: A 1950s' leather-covered automatic lighter with a self-winding watch. It retails for about $215 in excellent condition.

* KASCHIE K-35: A 1940s' German made table lighter with a sliding snuffer cap. In excellent condition, it sells for about $65.

* MYON AUTOLUX A French-made fully automatic, chromium-plated lighter in Art Deco style. It retails for about $65 in good condition.

* RONSON POCKET LIGHTER: A 1950s' American chromium-plated lighter. It retail for $120 in mint-in-a-box condition.

* THORENS SPORT: A 1940s' Swiss gold-plated lighter. It retails for about $220 in mint-in-a-box condition.

* THORENS ORIGINAL: A small, enamelled striped, Art Deco lighter from the 1920s and '30s. It sells for about $195 in mint-in-a-box condition.

* ZIPPO: An America-made 1947-49 model with a golfer line drawing. It retails for about $225 used.

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