Bidspirit auction | 20 Vtg Tobacco Advertising Lighters

20 Vtg Tobacco Advertising Lighters - A collection of 20 vintage promotional cigarette lighters primarily featuring American tobacco brands, organized in a blue velvet-lined display tray. The set includes a variety of construction styles: molded plastic ”pack-style” flip-tops, lithographed metal hinged-lid lighters, and one larger rectangular butane-style lighter. Branding prominently displayed includes various Camel motifs such as Joe Camel playing a saxophone labeled Joe's Place / Floyd, a Camel Filters Imposter design featuring a cow, and standard dromedary logos. Other represented brands include Winston, Marlboro with the Marlboro Man cowboy graphic, Salem, Kool, L&M, and Chesterfield. Specific markings found on the bases of the metal lighters include one L&M brand lighter with a base stamped CONTINENTAL horizontally and JAPAN vertically. A second L&M lighter base is stamped ROYALITE horizontally and JAPAN vertically. A Chesterfield branded lighter base is stamped CONTINENTAL horizontally and JAPAN vertically. The larger red Winston Select lighter features a gold-tone header strip stamped Winston. featuring printed text such as The Refreshest on Salem models or Breakthrough in Freshness on Winston models.