A wonderful conversation piece at any gathering Figure 141 in the 2000 book this piece is rated rare. the lighter is ready to be used as a great addition to your den or smoking lounge. I can’t believe it took me around five years to discover that. The original wand has been re-wicked, and a custom flint strip has been installed. Around the same time I noticed the engraving on the “barmaid”. By 1995, I knew the value of the lighter and it was a lot more than $52.00. The wand cost $12.00 more than the lighter, but it was worth it. I picked out the one that went with the lighter and purchased it for $32.00. This place had dozens of different types of Touch Tip wands. I forget the name of this shop, but I do remember that it was located in a building on West 57th Street in Manhattan, not too far from Fifth Avenue. (The name “yellow pages” comes from the yellow paper used to print the numbers on residential phone numbers were in a separate book with white pages.) Sorry, I digress, so I looked in the phone book and found a place that repaired Ronson Lighters and sold replacement parts. Issued by the local telephone company every year, for free, the “Yellow Pages” listed the phone numbers for business. We would turn to a large book called the “Yellow Pages”. Now for any readers who are too young to remember the world before the internet, we did have a resource to help us find things. Poor: Lighter need not be working and may be missing parts.The Ronson Touch Tip lighter wand I purchased in 1995. May have severe scratches and some denting, enamel may be missing or faded, printing or engraved images may be worn and unreadable. Fair: Lighter is operational with no missing parts. Flaws must not detract from overall appearance of the lighter. Some evidence of use: scratches, minor dents, small chips in enameled surfaces, plating 90% intact with minimal base metal showing through. Void of chips, dents and scratches to the base metal. Very good: Perfect working condition, may have slight imperfections, such as minor abrasions on enameled or plated surface.
May or not carry original box, packaging, instructions or tags. Excellent: Like new, no handling wear is apparent, evidence of use is minimal. Original packaging, instructions and tags included. Lighters that have come directly from the manufacturer without use are considered in this category. Frozen flints are caused by moisture, spring pressure and time- some are easily. Mint: Void of any trace of use, wear or flaws. Pocket models usually require only simple repairs- new wick, new packing material, replacement of worn or damaged parts, new gasket, filler cap, flint screw, spring and end and the ever popular removal of frozen flints from the flint tube. This category, the scarcest of all, belongs to those models which may have been made only in small quantities. Extremely rare: Extremely difficult to find. Usually found only in very complete collections. Rare: This category would be considered more scarce than uncommon but still findable given sufficient time and the willingness to search. Uncommon: Less abundant than common category but not rare by any means. These would be the easiest to find and most readily abundant. Cummings: Common: Lighters in this category were typically made in large quantities or in recent times or both. The best usability has got the taxonomy proposed by Urban K. The taxonomy of comparative scarcity of lighters was prepared by many collectors. The poor condition and fair condition are not taken into account. Please note that all suggested prices for lighters on this blog are quoted in the range of good condition to mint condition - that is why the price variation is so high. Additionally I take the advantage of good developed collectors net and other references.
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