Lighters to collect that were used in movies
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VonMagnum
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It's for sale. About $550+ with shipping. Enamel is crackled unfortunately. I'll keep an eye out for one in better shape and that doesn't have $73 shipping (Canada shipping is ridiculous and so is their sales tax).This one is really a beauty
VonMagnum
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My officially labeled IMCO 4500 Barrage Lighter (1936) arrived. It wasn't in the best condition (dents, hairline cracks, etc.). I spent like 3 hours polishing it and putting in a new wick, packing and flint. I'm still not sure about my other 'Barrage' lighter (the cap fits, but a bit tight and has the same "flower/explosion" patterns on it and there's a slight height difference and the lighter is different both inside and how it mounts. Whether they're related or not, who knows.
This is the before/after results:
This is the before/after results:
VonMagnum
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Evans Windsor table lighter (1949)
I liked the looks of this one and found one with the silver plating fully intact (most seem to have silver rubbed off to look like brass and are pointed out to be gold & silver combination but it's really just rubbed off from what I've seen). It needed a new wick and packing (and had those odd "seeds" in it like some previous Ronson table lighters...the 5th one now I think). It's working great now.
I liked the looks of this one and found one with the silver plating fully intact (most seem to have silver rubbed off to look like brass and are pointed out to be gold & silver combination but it's really just rubbed off from what I've seen). It needed a new wick and packing (and had those odd "seeds" in it like some previous Ronson table lighters...the 5th one now I think). It's working great now.
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joberg
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Yep, don't get me start on those man
I'm in Ottawa, Canada and I'd wanted to order a plastic model in the U.K. ($180) and with shipping/handling $65 + custom sale taxes of $56 for a total of $126
VonMagnum
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I traded some Indiana Jones glasses for some Blade Runner 2049 ones with someone in France and it was $50 to ship 2 glasses there. Unbelievable. Yet a package from China is like $2.49. I ordered a lighter from Toronto, Ontario (I can drive there in 6.5 hours) had $30 shipping on it. From Britain, it's usually $20-25. From the Netherlands, it's usually only $7 when I order Auro-3D blu-rays from dvdoutlet.nl (or free recently on Etsy plus they took almost $100 off the lighter as they wanted to see the particular IMCO go to a fellow IMCO collector). France blu-ray shipping is usually $20+ and takes forever. Japan Air Priority is around $18 and gets here inside 5 days (I've had it take that long to send a letter to my brother who lives an hour and a half away with the cuts they made to processing at the Post Office for letters).Yep, don't get me start on those man
VonMagnum
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Kaschie Silver Bullet Lighter (1930s/40s?)
Made In Canada, it's yet another near copy of the IMCO 4500 Barrage Lighter design, although this one looks closer in lighter design to the company unmarked "Barrage" I originally bought (There's another from Canada called the Super Barrage as well). This one looked great in the photos, but it had a stuck flint in the tube and sadly, it wasn't crumbly, but hard as a rock. It took probably 2.5 hours to drill out (might have been easier from the top, but that would involve removing the fulcrum, which seemed to not want to move and may be riveted into place). The striker actually lifts out vertically from the lighter to put the flint/spring in. I eventually got it out (not sure it was worth the work) and put in a new wick (the thickest one I have) and cotton packing along with a longer spring and new flint.
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Made In Canada, it's yet another near copy of the IMCO 4500 Barrage Lighter design, although this one looks closer in lighter design to the company unmarked "Barrage" I originally bought (There's another from Canada called the Super Barrage as well). This one looked great in the photos, but it had a stuck flint in the tube and sadly, it wasn't crumbly, but hard as a rock. It took probably 2.5 hours to drill out (might have been easier from the top, but that would involve removing the fulcrum, which seemed to not want to move and may be riveted into place). The striker actually lifts out vertically from the lighter to put the flint/spring in. I eventually got it out (not sure it was worth the work) and put in a new wick (the thickest one I have) and cotton packing along with a longer spring and new flint.
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VonMagnum
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Ronson De-Light Princess Pocket Lighter with Cameo and rare green leather (Early 1930s)
This De-Light lighter has a slightly different "new standard" mechanism (mostly the button to depress to light it is different) than the 1928/1929 models and matches other De-Light and New Yorker parts from the early 1930s so I assume it's a little bit newer than the other five I have. This one has green leather, which seems a bit more rare than the red leather and more common still black leather Moroccan leather. It also had a nasty stuck hard flint, which required disassembly and a good hour of drilling and fiddling with screwdrivers. The button was sticking on retraction so I took it apart again and lubricated the button/spring area and it magically works well now.
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This De-Light lighter has a slightly different "new standard" mechanism (mostly the button to depress to light it is different) than the 1928/1929 models and matches other De-Light and New Yorker parts from the early 1930s so I assume it's a little bit newer than the other five I have. This one has green leather, which seems a bit more rare than the red leather and more common still black leather Moroccan leather. It also had a nasty stuck hard flint, which required disassembly and a good hour of drilling and fiddling with screwdrivers. The button was sticking on retraction so I took it apart again and lubricated the button/spring area and it magically works well now.
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VonMagnum
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IMCO 3500 Beer Barrel Lighter (Special Edition with actual Dutch beer brand/name on the front "Oranjeboom" which is still around) (1934)
I purchased this Austrian solid brass lighter from a really nice guy from The Lighterhouse in the Netherlands on Etsy. It polished to a mirror finish with one coat on the outside. I did a bit more polishing to get some black grit marks off the inside around the wick/spark wheel and tightened the flint spring for a solid light every time. It's working great. It's much smaller than I imagined, though, but easier to carry in a pocket, I suppose (he included a nice little carrying pouch, but of course it's on display instead).
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I purchased this Austrian solid brass lighter from a really nice guy from The Lighterhouse in the Netherlands on Etsy. It polished to a mirror finish with one coat on the outside. I did a bit more polishing to get some black grit marks off the inside around the wick/spark wheel and tightened the flint spring for a solid light every time. It's working great. It's much smaller than I imagined, though, but easier to carry in a pocket, I suppose (he included a nice little carrying pouch, but of course it's on display instead).
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joberg
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VonMagnum
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Ronson Tabourette Leather Wrapped + Brass Lighter circa 1930 with Sonatron Logo on the monogram cameo plate (Note: Sonatron was one of the largest, if not the largest vacuum tube company of the 1920s/1930s made in the USA).
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Leather condition it arrived in after polishing the brass and removing some leather from the back (not much there left) and securing the handle that was loose on the bottom:
Remove Front Leather and file:
New Italian Dark Red ("Sun Dried Tomato" from AAItalian Leather Co) Lambskin leather applied:
With Flash:
Lit Without Flash & With Flash:
Ronson Tabourette Leather Wrapped + Brass Lighter circa 1930 with Sonatron Logo on the monogram cameo plate (Note: Sonatron was one of the largest, if not the largest vacuum tube company of the 1920s/1930s made in the USA).
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Leather condition it arrived in after polishing the brass and removing some leather from the back (not much there left) and securing the handle that was loose on the bottom:
Remove Front Leather and file:
New Italian Dark Red ("Sun Dried Tomato" from AAItalian Leather Co) Lambskin leather applied:
With Flash:
Lit Without Flash & With Flash:
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VonMagnum
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IMCO 6300 Perplex Pocket Lighter (1953)
This is an interesting pocket lighter IMCO made with 3 push buttons on it. Two of them are spring loaded, kind of like a 4700 but in reverse. Instead of the flint loading chamber popping up, this one has a button on the right side, but you have to pull the mechanism upward as far as I can tell. I did and so did a video on YouTube. Once up, you can load a flint in a similar manner to most other IMCO lighters (there's an opening for it). You then shove the mechanism down to lock it back into place.
Meanwhile, the two buttons on the other side of the lighter pop the wick/fuel tank upward for indoor/pipe lighting with a larger flame with the bottom button. Further pressing the top button then ejects the fuel tank "loose" upward so you can pick it up and use it as a candle. What doesn't make a lot of sense to me is that the bottom of the fuel tank has a little decorative "nipple" on the bottom so it doesn't like to sit flat on a table. It doesn't look like a dent or anything so it's kind of mind boggling why it's not flat for easy table usage. Inserting the wick/tank back into the lighter goes from the top and is slightly difficult to do without using a tool like a Q- tip or screwdriver or something as it sits below the top lip of the lighter.
They must have not made too many of these as they seem to sell for quite a lot of money compared to most other IMCO lighters. The cheaper ones don't have a picture on the side. This one has a drawing/painting of "Menton" on it, a town in France near the border of Italy. Other than the slight discoloration of two spots in the sky, it's in otherwise near perfect condition as far as I can tell.
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Front/Back
Front with Fuel Tank / Flint Mechanism apart
Lit with windshield / Lit with tank popped up to a larger flame / Tank pulled as Candle
This is an interesting pocket lighter IMCO made with 3 push buttons on it. Two of them are spring loaded, kind of like a 4700 but in reverse. Instead of the flint loading chamber popping up, this one has a button on the right side, but you have to pull the mechanism upward as far as I can tell. I did and so did a video on YouTube. Once up, you can load a flint in a similar manner to most other IMCO lighters (there's an opening for it). You then shove the mechanism down to lock it back into place.
Meanwhile, the two buttons on the other side of the lighter pop the wick/fuel tank upward for indoor/pipe lighting with a larger flame with the bottom button. Further pressing the top button then ejects the fuel tank "loose" upward so you can pick it up and use it as a candle. What doesn't make a lot of sense to me is that the bottom of the fuel tank has a little decorative "nipple" on the bottom so it doesn't like to sit flat on a table. It doesn't look like a dent or anything so it's kind of mind boggling why it's not flat for easy table usage. Inserting the wick/tank back into the lighter goes from the top and is slightly difficult to do without using a tool like a Q- tip or screwdriver or something as it sits below the top lip of the lighter.
They must have not made too many of these as they seem to sell for quite a lot of money compared to most other IMCO lighters. The cheaper ones don't have a picture on the side. This one has a drawing/painting of "Menton" on it, a town in France near the border of Italy. Other than the slight discoloration of two spots in the sky, it's in otherwise near perfect condition as far as I can tell.
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Front/Back
Front with Fuel Tank / Flint Mechanism apart
Lit with windshield / Lit with tank popped up to a larger flame / Tank pulled as Candle
VonMagnum
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Ronson Astor Table Lighter (1940s; exact year unknown)
This is a prototype table lighter that never went into production and is the only one known in existence (they don't get much more rare than that). 24K gold plated with floral cubed design. This was purchased from Larry at the Ronson Museum Archives. The name "Astor" is a reference to the wealthy New York John Jacob Astor Family (Personally I think of Mary Astor from the Maltese Falcon when I hear "Astor" ).
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This is a prototype table lighter that never went into production and is the only one known in existence (they don't get much more rare than that). 24K gold plated with floral cubed design. This was purchased from Larry at the Ronson Museum Archives. The name "Astor" is a reference to the wealthy New York John Jacob Astor Family (Personally I think of Mary Astor from the Maltese Falcon when I hear "Astor"
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VonMagnum
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Ronson Minton Table Lighter with Pheasant (1962)
Only made in England, there are 3 Minton lighters. One has a jumping fish in a lake scene, one with a flying pheasant in a woodsy scene and one with blue flowers on a white porcelain body. This is my 2nd acquisition with the flying pheasant in near perfect condition.
Front
Back
Lit
Pheasant and Jumping Fish Side-By-Side Photo (some chrome pitting on the jumping fish one, although the lighter inserts are interchangeable)
Only made in England, there are 3 Minton lighters. One has a jumping fish in a lake scene, one with a flying pheasant in a woodsy scene and one with blue flowers on a white porcelain body. This is my 2nd acquisition with the flying pheasant in near perfect condition.
Front
Back
Lit
Pheasant and Jumping Fish Side-By-Side Photo (some chrome pitting on the jumping fish one, although the lighter inserts are interchangeable)
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