Keeping the collecting flame alive is the Lighter Club of Great Britain, whose annual swapmeet and fair is in London on Sunday, February 4, at the Thistle Kensington Gardens Hotel in Bayswater Road.
Fair co-organiser Rob Wilkinson is also a dealer and he will be bringing a striking black enamel Cartier 1920s lighter to the meet priced at £4000, as well as some watch lighters priced from £600-1000.
Lower down the price range, Ronson, Colibri and Parker lighters are offered at £20 each.