HE WANTED TO TRADE, TOOK A WEEK BEGGING WIFE BUT "HIS WIFE WOULD LEAVE HIM" IF HE DID.
THEY TOOK OIUT A MORGAGE FOR IT.
SO HOW MUCH IS THIS WORTH?
BABE RUTH IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE GREATEST BABEBALL PLAYER TO EVER LIVE
AND IS THE BIGGEST ICON OF ANY SPORT, PERIOD!!!
"NAMIKI"
"PILLOW"
STERLING SILVER
1926
"NAMIKI"
"SHOGUN/SAMURAI"
I believe it to be
ARTIST
"Gunruko Matsuda"
THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER
NAMIKI ARTIST EVER
VALUE MULTIPLES SEVERAL TIMES
FOR THIS ARTIST
ZIPPO
1936/1937
14K GOLD
ULTRA RARE
CONDITION IS FANTASTIC & COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
SPECIAL NOTE:
IT'S SO RARE IT'S THE ONLY KNOWN ONE
$65,000.00
ZIPPO
EXPERIMENTAL/PROTOTYPE
1936
"NO SLASHES"
FACTORY PAINTED WHITE
ADVERTISING 3 COLOR METALLIQUE
"NEVER USED"
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
RECIEVED FROM AN EARLY
1930's EMPLOYEE
$25,000.00
AQUARIUM
RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH
"ONLY ONE EVER SEEN"
FANTASTIC CONDITION
A QUEEN MARY RECENT PURCHSE ON EBAY
AT $9,000.00 WITH DAMAGE
ZIPPO
EXPERIMENTAL/PROTOTYPE
1936
"GOLD WASH"
GOLD INSERT
"NEVER USED"
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
RECIEVED FROM AN
EARLY 1930's EMPLOYEE
$12,500.00
ZIPPO
EXPERIMENTAL/PROTOTYPE
1936
"SOLID COPPER"
GOLD INSERT
"NEVER USED"
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
RECIEVED FROM AN
EARLY 1930's EMPLOYEE
$12,500.00
ZIPPO
EXPERIMENTAL/PROTOTYPE
1936
"NO SLASHES"
FACTORY PAINTED BLACK
"NEVER USED"
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
RECIEVED FROM AN EARLY 1930's EMPLOYEE
$12,500.00
ZIPPO
EXPERIMENTAL/PROTOTYPE
1936
"NO SLASHES"
EXPERIMENTAL FINISH
LOOKS RUSTY BUT SMOOTH AS GLASS
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
$9,000.00
RONSON
"CLASSIC PACT"
PROTOTYPE
PULL OUT LIGHTER W/POWDER PACT "ONLY ONE KNOWN"
"NEVER SEEN BY ANY
COLLECTOR OR BY ANY DEALER"
PROTOTYPE
URBAN TOLD ME
"THIS IS THE MOST DESIREDRONSON EVER MADE"
$10,000.00
RONSON
EXTREMELY RARE PROTOTPYE
"ONLY ONE KNOWN"
ONE OF THE MOST IF NOT THE MOST ART DECO LIGHTERS
RONSON EVER MADE!
RONSON
ULTRA BEAUTICASE
THIS IS A PROTOTYPE
"ONLY ONE KNOWN"
THAT WAS A CROSS BETWEEN
THE ULTRA CASE AND THE BEAUTICASE
$3,500.00
ZIPPO
EXPERMENTAL/PROTOTYPE
1939 1st Table Lighter
DELUXE #10
8 Barrel One Step
High Polished Chrome with High Polished Chrome Insert
Rarest Zippo Production Lighter Ever Made
4 Barrel One Step was the Second Table Lighter Made
ZIPPO
ALLISON J35 TURBO-JET
1946
THIS WAS SPECIAL MADE
FOR A VERY FEW PEOPLE FOR
THE ALLISON J35 TURBO-JET PROJECT
ALLISON & GM
WERE PARTNERED IN
AIRCRAFT POWER.
THIS WAS GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENT'S FOR ALLISON AND GM AND A FEW PROJECT MANAGERS ON THE DAY THE UNAVAILING OF THE J35 TURBO-JET
ZIPPO
1937
ULTRA RARE
PRINTERS PRINTING BLOCK (STAMP)
ONLY ONE SEEN LIKE IT FROM PRE-WAR
SPOKE WITH ZIPPO MUSEUM
(LINDA MEABON)
AND SHE WAS AMAZED DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHNG LIKE THIS SURVIVED THE TEST OF TIME
ZIPPO
PROTOTYPE
1938
BOWMAN
UNKNOWN FINISH
ORIGINAL 4 BARREL HINGE ORIGINAL INSERT
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
RECIEVED FROM AN
EARLY 1930's EMPLOYEE
$6,000.00
ZIPPO
1938
QUAILITY CONTROL ZIPPO
THIS CAME FROM A ZIPPO EMPLOYEE IN 1930's THIS IS CONSIDERED MINT CONDITION AS THEY NEVER HAD THE CHROME PLATING PUT ON IT AS THIS IS THE WAY THIS WERE MADE, THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE AMONG THE RAREST EVER SEEN WITH ORIGINAL 4 BARREL HINGE ORIGINAL INSERT THAT WAS NEVER WADDED OR WICKED. ALSO IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED
ZIPPO
1938
QUAILITY CONTROL ZIPPO
THIS CAME FROM A ZIPPO EMPLOYEE IN 1930's THIS IS CONSIDERED MINT CONDITION AS THEY NEVER HAD THE CHROME PLATING PUT ON IT AS THIS IS THE WAY THIS WERE MADE, THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE AMONG THE RAREST EVER SEEN WITH ORIGINAL 4 BARREL HINGE ORIGINAL INSERT THAT WAS NEVER WADDED OR WICKED. ALSO IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED
ZIPPO
EXPERIMENTAL
TABLE LIGHTER
SHORTER THAN THE CORITHIAN
"PINEAPPLE PATTERN"
THIS IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS
$5,000.00
RONSON
BEAR & BULLDOG STRIKERS
GLASS HUMIDORS
EXTREMELY RARE
"PLEASE DON'T CONFUSE THIS WITH THE OTHER ANIMAL STRIKERS ON GLASS HUMIDORS BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT MADE BY RONSON"
THE BEAR & BULLDOG
ARE MADE INTO THE LID BY FEET/PAWS
RONSON
BULLDOG STRIKER
w/PIPE HOLDER
EXTREMELY RARE
SAME PIPE HOLDER AS ON BABE RUTH STRIKER
ORIGINAL WAND
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1916
"PATENT DATED"
BULLDOG UNLIKE OTHER BULLDOG STRIKERS
AMW SHIELD ON CHEST
RONSON
"CANNON"
EXTREMELY RARE
THIS USES THE WONDERLITE STRIKER
VERY NICELY DETAILED
SAME BASE AS THE SITTING BULLDOG STRIKER W/PIPE HOLDER
"ONLY ONE KNOWN"
RONSON
PRINCESS De-Light 1920s
TIFFANY/CARTIER
14K GOLD
(NO SCREW IN EARS
TIFFANY TRADE MARK)
ONLY OVAL SHIELD KNOWN
BEST RONSON POCKET LIGHTER EVER MADE
$3,200.00
"AUTOMATIC"
"DOUBLE SIDED"
ONLY ONE KNOWN TO EXIST
WITH ONLY A FEW
AUTOMATICS W/HARD GLASS
ARE EVEN KNOWN
BUT DOUBLE SIDED
R U KIDDING ME???
$3,000.00
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE
1934 WORLDS FAIR
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS CHICAGO
"UNUSED IN ORIGINAL BOX"
POCKET STRIKER LIGHTER
TRIFECTA CROSS COLLECTABLE
INDIAN MOTORCYCLES-LIGHTER-WORLDS FAIR
$1,700.00
CLARK
"PILLOW"
14K GOLD
1926
R. BLACKINGTON
SERIOUSLY RARE
RONSON
WONDERLITER
"SALESMAN'S ADVERTISING SAMPLER"
NEVER SEEN ANOTHER HAS DIFFERENT SCRIPT WRITING WITH DIFFERENT ADVERTISERS
ON EACH SIDE NEVER USED
YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER!
$1,500.00
RONSON
S/L WALL-LITER
IN URBANS RONSON BOOK
IT STATES ON FIGURE 108
"THE ONLY RONSON LIGHTER INTENDED TO BE WALL MOUNTED"
"UPDATE"
WELL HERE IS ANOTHER
THAT ALSO IS NICKEL PLATED AND THIS IS AN OLDER LIGHTER
SAME LIGHTER ON THE BOTTOM OF FIGURE 146
ALSO 2 TIMES IN ANOTHER BOOK PAGE 58
"ONLY ONE KNOWN"
"PROTOTYPE"
LIFT ARM W/ROLLER BEARING BASE
LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE TRYING SOMETHING NEW ON THIS ONE
A TRUE TRANSITIONAL PIECE
EXTREMELY RARE EVANS
ZIPPO
1936
"NEW CASTLE REFRACTORIES"
METALLIQUE DOUBLE SIDED
"UNFIRED"
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
ZIPPO
TIFFANY & CO.
RETICULATED STERLING SILVER 925
"SAMORODOK"
BEST OF THE BEST!
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST TIFANY ZIPPO EVER MADE
ZIPPO
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
1964 UNUSED MINT
"SPECTACULAR"
ONLY ONE EVER SEEN
ZIPPO
1938
"FINLEY METHOD"
DOUBLE SIDED METALLIQUES
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
ZIPPO
1938
"NESBITT'S"
SODA SOFT DRINK
COMPLELTELY ORIGINAL
ZIPPO
1938
AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CO.
PITTSBURGH PA.
WITH CAR\ALL DONE IN METALLIQUE
DOUBLE SIDED
ZIPPO
1946
These's Initials "PCB" are the Initials of Philco C. Blaisdell, the Father of George Blaisdell, the Creator of Zippo Lighters.
These initials were used in Prototypes or Test Models and for Magazines print ads for Zippo
$2,500.00
"TRIG-A-LITE"
STERLING SILVER
ONLY ONE OF THESE MADE
SEEN THIS ONE IN A BOOK SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GRAB IT UP