Greetings! I located a few price guides you may purchase that include
Dunhill and Dupont vintage lighters. Bookbasket in the UK offers two
books which include Dunhill lighters:
Cigarette Lighters
By Stuart Schneider & George Fischler. Cigarette lighter collecting
has quickly become a very popular hobby throughout the world. Here, at
last is easily accessible information of over 500 lighters illustrated
in colour. They are shown in alphabetical order and by date within
each company, and they include Dunhill, Ronson, and Zippo, as well as
many more. Hardback 285x220mm. 176 pages.
Miller's Smoking Accessories, A Collector's Guide
By Sarah Yates. This easy-to-use, practical guide offers an ideal
introduction to this increasingly popular field and is an excellent
starting-point fot the enthusiast. Covering topics as diverse as clay
pipes, Chinese amber snuff bottles, novelty vesta cases and Art Deco
Dunhill lighters, this guide gives you the know-hoe to become a
confident collector. With colour photogrpahs of over 150 pieces and a
price guide for each item shown. Softback, 210x150mm, 64 pages. ISBN
1-84000-187-9.
I then went to Amazon.com and searched both these titles and they are
available there (see links below that include prices for the books).
From that search, two more price guides were revealed, "Collector's
Guide to Cigarette Lighters" and "Cigarette Lighter Collecting Volume
I".
When searching for a Dupont price guide, the Kovels book was
mentioned. It is a book of numerous antique and vintage collectibles
and has a lighters section. Many people collect the Kovels books as
each year new items are featured and I also located an online Kovels
lighter section where you may find prices (see links below).
In the same search for Dupont price guides, I found Curioscape.com
which listed numerous links to lighter collecting clubs and sites.
You should be able to network with members to discover many more
items, prices, etc concerning lighters. The links there were:
The International Vintage Lighter Exchange
http://www.vintagelighters.com/
A fantastic source of vintage and new lighters for the cigar or
cigarette lighter collector & enthusiast from such famous companies as
Dunhill, Ronson, Zippo, Evans, Scripto, and many others.
Spark International
http://members.aol.com/intspark/
Web Site of international vintage cigarette lighter club Dunhill,
Ronson, Thorens to Zippo
Another site from that search led to three more price guides which
appear to be recent:
Flanagan, Cigarette Lighters Identification and Value Guide
........NEW.....Special Order .......$17.95
c.1998, 126p, 9x11, 126p, softbound, color & black/white, Collector
Books, KY
Content: updated values, 520 color plates illus lighters, matchboxes,
ashtrays, etc, also includes color & black/white reproductions of
early ads, with values
Flanagan, Collector's Guide to Cigarette Lighters Book 2
........NEW.....Special Order .......$17.95
c.1998, 9x11, 134p, softbound, color illus, Collector Books, KY
Content: updated values, 422 color and black/white plates comprise
this pictorial survey of lighters that includes advertising, table and
pen/lighter combinations as well as pocket lighters (many
unusually-shaped lighters), majority of illus are quality color photos
with some black/white reproductions of early ads, with values
Schneider, The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters
.....NEW......Special Order.......$19.95
c.1999, 6x9, 176p, softbound, full color photos, Schiffer Publishing,
PA
Content: co-author Pilossof, describes and illustrates more than 800
lighters with brief histories of the major manufacturers (Evans,
Dunhill, Ronson and Zippo), arranged alphabetically by maker or by
decorative theme including a large number of examples made by lesser
known companies, includes a large variety of types of lighters
including figural, charms, advertising and desktop, full color photos,
NO INDEX, with values
The above three may be ordered by phoning (650)593-1300 11am-6 pm PST.
Concerning repair of cigarette lighters, I searched many phrases and
found people who repair vintage lighters but no repair manuals. I
just searched "dunhill lighter repair" and "dupont lighter repair" -
if there is a manual that exists for repair, the following list might
help you find it - you might contact them and inquire if they have one
and if you could purchase a copy:
ARS Sales and Service (Authorized Repair Service) 30 West 57th Street
New York NY 10019 Phone: (212) 586-0947 Fax: (212) 586-1296 ATTN:
Richard Weinstein Servicing: Vintage and modern lighters, all types
Bill Coleman, PLPG member Servicing all makes of older collectible
lighters, including old butanes Phone: (248) 399-5989
J & H Services
1121 Apple Blossom Lane
Corona CA 91719
Phone: (909) 735-2161
Fax: (909) 735-6772
Contact: Henry Arabi
Servicing: Authorized Service Center
for Alfred Dunhill (North America) Ltd.
and S.T. Dupont since 1977.
As for catalogs and searching the other phrases, Spark International
kept popping up so I would think that organization is a great resource
for vintage lighter collectors. I hope this information is of
assistance and I enjoyed researching your question.
SEARCH TERMS and LINKS:
dunhill price guide lighters [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=dupont+cigarette+lighters+price+guide
Bookbasket
http://www.zencatalog.com/GeminiPublic/Bookbasket_Smoking_Accessories_38.html
amazon books [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=amazon+books
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com
Cigarette Lighters $39.95 [Amazon search]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887409520/qid=1029256199/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-0513396-9983020
Miller's Smoking Accessories $9.99 [Amazon search]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1840001879/qid%3D1029256120/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-0513396-9983020
Collector's Guide to Cigarette Lighters $12.57 [Amazon search]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0891456112/qid=1029256199/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0513396-9983020
Cigarette Lighters Collecting, Volume I $24.95 [Amazon search]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0895380560/qid=1029256199/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-0513396-9983020
Kovels 2003 Price Guide $11.87 [Amazon search]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609809822/qid=1029257034/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/103-0513396-9983020
Kovels 2002 Price Guide $11.87
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609808419/qid=1029257034/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-0513396-9983020
books on cigars, pipes, cigarette lighters
http://www.coastside.net/msinfobooks/miscxsmp.html
dupont cigarette lighters price guide [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=dupont+cigarette+lighters+price+guide
Kovels Online Price Guide for Lighters
http://pages.kovels.com/55/InventoryPage/1500/2.html
CURIOSCAPE.COM - Tobacciana Lighters - Collecting Resource
http://www.curioscape.com/cpages/Tobacciana_Lighters.2.html
cigarette lighter repair [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=cigarette+lighter+repair
How Your Lighter Works
www.thetobaccoshop.com/Lighters/IgnitionSystems.htm
Little Known Lighter repair tips (from Randy's Tobacco Shop link)
http://thetobaccoshop.com/ButaneLighterRepairs.htm
dunhill lighter repair [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=dunhill+lighter+repair
Vintage Vault Lighter Collecting resources
http://www.vintagevault.com/bookclub.html
Vintage vault repairs
http://www.vintagevault.com/bookclub.html#Repairs |
