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Vintage Bronze Lighter With Embedded Rose
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The listing, Vintage Bronze Lighter With Embedded Rose has ended.

Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.

And I think we all agree that when a bronze lighter can hold a rose and still spew a jet-like flame, we've got the best thing ever.

I know, a butane (not lighter fluid) lighter is only here to serve a couple of purposes. But you'll be the kool kid on the playground with this unique piece. It resembles those Scripto lighters from the '50s that you could see all the way through. They couldn't support a jet flame because their butane tanks were tiny, wrapped near the igniter. Sort of like a 1970's Ford Pinto.

I can't figure who produced this lighter, but it works great. Let's just call it unique, like a rose that grew out of a crack in the concrete.
Questions & Comments
Original
This is NOT Vintage!>U can Get it at Any Flea Market, Anytime!
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Sep 2nd, 2014 at 1:44:11 AM PDT by
Original
Good to see you are alive and well, Danny. I still hope you'll unblock me so that we can get back to business.

I can think of two reasons we might differ on whether this is vintage or not. First, we may have different definitions of what Vintage means. I put it at 20 years or so for lighters.

We also may be talking about different brands or knock-offs ... I mean reproductions. No: homages.

At the flea markets I go to, I commonly find lighters over 20 years old that are in terrible, non-working condition (like this one was). Hopefully, after I do a restoration, they look better, stronger, faster. We CAN rebuild them. We have the technology.

But seriously: I've been looking for provenance for this lighter since I first got it. If you have a web site or other info that will help me date it, by all means send it to me. Even a maker's name, which I could not find. Put the I formation here, or email it to me. You're clearly not blocked on any of my sales, and I'll thank you for any help you can provide. All I have is my experience and the fact that I saw he guts of this lighter, which led me to guess the date. I'll change the title as soon as you send me something.

Thanks, as always, for your help!

PS: I just bought two old watches at a government seizure auction, one Gucci, one Seiko. I paid $12 each, and they are both quartz movt, one with sapphire crystal, one with the more common "cracked" crystal.
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Sep 2nd, 2014 at 12:04:53 PM PDT by
Original
My dad is a major lighter collector, he has Toms of amazing pieces I hope I can add this to his collection and he might even know who made it :)
Sep 2nd, 2014 at 9:29:30 PM PDT by
Original
I've got tons more: watch this space.
Sep 5th, 2014 at 7:01:15 PM PDT by
Original
Nice watching.
Sep 4th, 2014 at 10:59:36 PM PDT by
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Is it freee in Canada
Sep 5th, 2014 at 3:11:36 AM PDT by
Original
I'm sorry, John, but free shipping is only for the United States. Canada , you'll have to pay the exact cost.
Sep 5th, 2014 at 12:48:59 PM PDT by
Original
John: looks like shipping to Canada is $7.50 or so.
Sep 5th, 2014 at 7:29:23 PM PDT by

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