Yes, I would do research on the zippo first, the value of a zippo only goes up.
You can find a lineup of Zippo lighters available for purchase online at the Zippo website. Alternatively, you can purchase these lighters from the Amazon website.
The best why to get a zippo collection appraised is go to eBay and look up each of your lighters individually, because there isn't too many zippo "experts" out there. Even if there is, they know more about what year they are and how to fix them then their value
how much is a zippo lighter worth pat number 2517191 with a shell decoration on front lower right not block letters on bottom it has zippo across sideways kinda
i reckon about £6,000
my old ships zippo lighter #2517191 may be older than 1969 but I know its between 1965 and 1969. The ship was a U.S. Navy Destroyer.
The Ebay aution of one of these lighters is currently at $50. However there are several collector clubs with ties to the Zippo lighter company. It might be worth contacting them for more information. Zippo lighters are hugely collectable and one of this age is highly prized.
The cast of Zippo - 2003 includes: Giovanni Guardiano as Zippo
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Zippo lighter are a reusable metal lighter made by the Zippo Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania. The main point of Zippo lighters are that they are impossible to blow out.
Who cares? Ronsonal works just as well in a Zippo lighter as Zippo fuel does.
The Zippo company has been in business since 1932 when George Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company. In 1933 the first Zippo lighter was made.