Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Minty 1975 Santa Fe Railroad Advertising Zippo Lighter with Chico The Mascot. VINTAGE: Circa 1975. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" in height x 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted, brushed, chrome-plated brass,...

ARTIFACT: This is a Great World War I Trench Art Trench Lighter Made from 1917 Winchester Cartridge / Bullet / Round. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately: 8" long including wick x 15/16" at its widest. Cartridge only length 3-1/4",...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool M. E. Bernhardt (MEB) Co. Diplomat leather wrapped lift-arm lighter. It was manufactured by Eisenstadt Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis, Missouri for M.E. Bernhardt. This style of lighter is known as a lift arm, and it opens so the...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice 1973 Zippo ship lighter for US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WHEC-715). The Hamilton was based in Boston MA and named for Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and founder of the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1968 US Navy River Patrol Section 532 Konwal lighter. It is Japanese made with vietnamese engraving, as well as an emblem for River Squadron It has a PBR (River Patrol Boat) #22 on one side. The front is engraved with...

ARTIFACT: This is a great ashtray from the Wichita Hotel in the shape of a cowboy hat. The ashtray is reminiscent of an oversized Monopoly piece and reads LASSEN HOTEL WICHITA, KANS. FAMOUS FOR IT'S (sic) FOOD on the brim. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1998 US NAVY CPO Zippo Lighter with factory applied USN Chief Petty Officer Insignia. VINTAGE: Circa May 1998. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by 1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated brass. Factory...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States destroyer ship Zippo lighter with factory engraving. It was made by the Zippo manufacturing Corporation of Bradford, PA for the United States Destroyer Ship Arthur W. Radford DD-96The ship's logo is factory-engraved on...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s USS Arlington AGMR-2 Presentation Ship Lighter. Factory engraved and factory applied enamel logo. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s . SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by 1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s USS Bon Homme Richard CVA 31 carrier ship lighter by Prince. The ship is an aircraft carrier, US Naval Aviation and the ship's logo is factory applied. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s-early 1960s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era Zippo lighter engraved in-country to the United States Army 443rd Quartermaster Depot. The soldier's name (A.C. Fate) is engraved beneath KOREA 54-55, as well as a dragon and the 8th Army and US Forces Far East insignia...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce WWII "Wartime Model" Ronson Lighter with box, obviously carried by a GI during the war. It is especially rare that he happened to save the box with the "Wartime Model" label. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width...