Cigarette lighters can be subdivided into three types: pocket lighters, table lighters and compact lighters with cases.

Dunhill is the most popular and desirable name for collectors. Their first lighter was released in the early 1920s and they are still producing today.

Other collectable manufacturers are Ronson, who have been making lighters for over 100 years and invented the automatic lighter in 1926, and Zippo, which was founded in 1932.

Lighter collectors should look for inset watches or concealed features such as compacts.

Early lighters were powered by naphtha, a petroleum mixture, and these are more desirable than the butane gas lighters, that were introduced in the late 1940s.

Lighters made from precious materials, often by jewelers, or those in novelty shapes such as aeroplanes and animals are popular. Wear to plating or loss of parts of covering will affect value detrimentally, as will dents or splits. Replaced parts will more...

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A Ronson Queen Anne table lighter, the heavily weighted…

Ronson Queen Anne Table Lighter with Bead Decoration

A Ronson Queen Anne table lighter, the heavily weighted elongated oval lighter, silvered metal with bead and gadroon decoration upon a waisted base; mark of Ronson underside, height 6.5 cm, width 8 cm

A Ronson 'Queen Anne' table lighter, silvered metal, of…

Ronson 'Queen Anne' Table Lighter

A Ronson 'Queen Anne' table lighter, silvered metal, of classical sarcophagus form, height 6 cm, width 7.5 cm

A collection of gentlemans accessories, 19th and 20th centuries,…

Gentleman's Accessories Collection

A collection of gentlemans accessories, 19th and 20th centuries, comprising a Ronson Penciliter incorporating a lighter, a Jeko mechanical pencil, four pocket knives including bright-cut in sterling silver and three vintage leather briefcases. The largest…

Three Ronson cigarette lighters including 2 'Varaflame,' 1 in…

Ronson Lighter Collection: Varaflame and Typhoon in Original Packaging

Three Ronson cigarette lighters including 2 'Varaflame,' 1 in original case; and 'Typhoon,' in original sleeve.

Two lighters including a crystal Ronson

Crystal Ronson and Another Lighter Set

Two lighters including a crystal Ronson

Two table lighters including a silver plate Ronson & a shell

Ronson Silver Plate & Shell Table Lighters Set

Two table lighters including a silver plate Ronson & a shell

A vintage Ronson silver plated 'Queen Anne' table lighter, mid…

Vintage Ronson Silver Plated Table Lighter

A vintage Ronson silver plated 'Queen Anne' table lighter, mid 20th century, the heavily weighted elongated oval lighter with bead and gadroon decoration upon a waisted base; mark of Ronson underside, height 6 cm, width 9 cm

Ronson novelty lighter, in the form of a pepper mill, 12 cm…

Pepper Mill Lighter by Ronson - 12cm

Ronson novelty lighter, in the form of a pepper mill, 12 cm high approx.

Two vintage lighters, Primadonna and Ronson

Vintage Primadonna and Ronson Lighters

Two vintage lighters, Primadonna and Ronson

A vintage Ronson cigarette lighter GQ 39

Vintage Ronson GQ 39 Cigarette Lighter

A vintage Ronson cigarette lighter GQ 39

Vintage Ronson brass 1LB weight table lighter with wooden base

Ronson Brass Table Lighter with Wooden Base

Vintage Ronson brass 1LB weight table lighter with wooden base

Two lighters one Pierre Cardin lighter and one Ronson lighter…

Engraved lighters: Pierre Cardin and Ronson for Thomas

Two lighters one Pierre Cardin lighter and one Ronson lighter engraved 'Thomas'