Bidspirit auction | 10 Zippo, Imperial & Specialty


10 Zippo, Imperial & Specialty Lighters - A collection of ten pocket lighters featuring various advertising, racing, and specialty themes. The assortment includes several genuine Zippo brand items and one Imperial brand lighter. The collection features two black-cased lighters with checkered flag lids, one displaying a yellow and red number 2 and the other a yellow number 24 on a blue field. A blue-finished lighter carries the Goodyear brand name and winged foot logo in white. A green-finished lighter displays the white circular logo for the Ohio Valley Paving Corporation. The group also contains two silver-tone lighters featuring pipe icons, one in black and one in gold-tone, designed for pipe smokers. One silver-tone lighter features a red and white enamel-style front plate depicting a red Egyptian ankh symbol within a white oval. A large rectangular brushed metal lighter with a side-roller ignition mechanism is also present. Base marks and identification are as follows: One brushed chrome lighter bears an adhesive label reading 757 on the front and is marked on the base with a modern Zippo logo above BRADFORD, PA. MADE IN U.S.A., with the date codes F and 03. A lighter with a black pipe icon bears the modern Zippo logo, BRADFORD, PA. MADE IN U.S.A., and date codes E and 01. A third silver-tone lighter with a gold-tone pipe icon features the script Zippo logo above BRADFORD, PA. MADE IN U.S.A., with a forward slash mark / to the left and right of the logo. A fourth silver-tone lighter, showing significant surface oxidation, is marked with the script Zippo logo above BRADFORD, PA. MADE IN U.S.A., with two vertical marks || to the left and one vertical mark | to the right. The ankh symbol lighter is marked on the base with a crown icon above the word Imperial in cursive script, with KOREA printed below. Several lighters bear various paper inventory or price stickers on their cases.