Bidspirit auction | Vtg Cigarette Lighters & Girey

Vtg Cigarette Lighters & Girey Compact - This collection comprises several vintage mechanical cigarette lighters and a single lady's vanity compact. The grouping includes various ignition styles such as flip-top, lift-arm, and squeeze-action mechanisms. Notable pieces include a commemorative lighter featuring a dolphins insignia and the text USS WHALE SSN 638, and another with a central compass-style emblem for the DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN. Advertising pieces are represented by a large blue squeeze-action lighter for Belvedere Mild Virginia Cigarettes, and a flip-top lighter personalized with red text reading GEORGE P. SAVKO P-L-P PLASTICS, which remains in its original cardboard box. Decorative examples include a small lighter with a floral needlepoint cover and a nautical-themed piece featuring a seahorse, starfish, and shell applique with a label for Cape Cod, Mass. One silver-tone flip-top lighter bears a white adhesive label reading $10.00 Occup Japan. The Girey vanity compact features a faux mother-of-pearl exterior and a hinged lid opening to reveal an internal mirror and a powder compartment. Several pieces bear legible manufacturer's marks and labels. A squeeze-action lighter is marked RONSON STANDARD U.S. PATS. RE. 19023 2,481,195 CANADA PATENTS 288,148 288,149 NEWARK N.J. U.S.A. The blue advertising lighter is marked BEAVER on the top mechanism. Multiple Japanese imports are present: one is marked VULCAN TRADE MARK NO. 629,350 P.O. BOX 3252 S.F. CAL MADE IN JAPAN; another is marked SUPREME TRADE MARK NO. 629,350 JEWELLERY LIGHTER MADE IN JAPAN; a third is marked KONWAL TALL; and two lighters, one with a checkered flag emblem, are marked L.D.L. JAPAN. The interior of the compact is marked BY GIREY beneath a central crest. Additional adhesive labels are present, including one reading $3- A2GF and another reading $1.50.