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In 1992, its 60th Anniversary year, Zippo introduced the 60th Anniversary Commemorative Lighter in a collectible tin. Customer and collector response was so great that the tradition has continued with a new collectible lighter each year.
Each collectible of the year is only available for only a limited
time. The early sets have already become highly-prized editions for collectors.
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Zippo introduced this limited edition midnight chrome lighter with pewter 60th Anniversary emblem. Each lighter was displayed on a plush velour platform in a decorated tin.
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The Varga Girl, "Windy", was introduced in 1937 in Zippo's first national ad. The 1993 collectible lighter featured Windy cast in pewter and attached to the lighter as a two-surface emblem. She was also pictured on the lid of the collectible tin.
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Zippo saluted the 50th anniversary of D-Day with its 1994 commemorative lighter. Its black crackle surface replicated the famous World War II finish, and the antique brass emblem was patterned after the sleeve patch worn by Allied troops. General Dwight D. Eisenhower's inspirational June 6, 1944 message to the troops is reprinted inside the lid of the round collectible tin.
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The 1995 Limited Edition collectibles marked several firsts for Zippo. For the first time the images on the lighters in a set combined to present a larger picture. It was the first Limited Edition to use Zippo's exciting new TechnigraphicTMdecorating process. And for the first time the single lighter, Jaguar and Cub at Turtle FallsTM, shared a graphic connection with the four lighter Mysteries of the ForestTMset.
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As American as a Betty Grable movie, pinup girls nodded back to the beautiful young woman who introduced the Zippo windproof lighter to the world in Zippo's first national advertisement. Zippo Salutes Pinup Girls paid tribute to "Windy" and the "windproof beauties" that followed her. Zippo's Pinup of the Year was Joan, the 1996 Collectible. The Four Seasons four lighter companion set introduced Holly, April, Sommer and Ida Redd, a collectible beauty for each season of the year.
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The 65th Anniversary Commemorative Zippo lighter was a high polish chrome model bearing a 2-surface antique pewter emblem in a nostalgic art deco style, recalling the era of Zippo's founding. An exclusive case stamp was created specifically for this collectible. The commemorative tin presented a collage of Zippo advertising art and logos from its archives.
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Armed with massive twin lighters towering above its modest roof line, the distinctive Zippo Car appeared in nearly every major parade in the country in 1948 and 1949, helping to make Zippo a household name, and the Zippo lighter a household item. 1998's Collectible of the Year features a detailed pewter rendering of the Zippo Car and another of the Zippo Pennsylvania license plate mounted on a brush chrome lighter and packaged with a Zippo Pennsylvania license plate cast pewter key ring. The commemorative tin visually chronicles the colorful history of the famed Zippo Car.
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Official Lighter of the New Millennium. Limited to just 100,000 lighters and authenticated by an exclusive bottom stamp, this latest in the highly valued line of Zippo collectibles is a perfect symbol for the millennium. The first-ever computer engraved Zippo Collectible of the Year, its message - "One World... One Future" - speaks to a unity that can't come soon enough. Exemplifying that vision is the Millennium Edition's revolutionary TVD Titanium coating ... a product of the same technology that gives the Space Shuttle its re-entry heat resistance.
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What do Zippo collectors crave most? Uniqueness, authenticity, reliability and timeless appeal that are the hallmarks of the world's most recognized windproof lighter. "Keeper of the flame" the ninth in a series of limited edition collectibles, delivers. This year's collectible features a first of its kind earth-toned, embossed, genuine leather medallion encased in an antiqued brass frame on a classic brushed chrome lighter. A special bottom stamp authenticates this lighter as a millennium edition. The primitive style graphic, symbolizing respect, power of humanity's most essential element, is replicated on a handsome embossed, keepsake tin.
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Zippo modestly
acknowledges its celebrity status with Stars of Hollywood, a
cast of Hollywood- themed lighters led by the 2001 Collectible
of the Year. Hollywood's Leading Light, tenth in a series of
Limited Edition Collectibles of the Year, debuts Gold Dust,
Zippo's newest finish, exclusive to this year's collectible.
The pink terrazzo star that graces the Hollywood Walk of Fame
in tribute to the world's finest performers is replicated in
the cloisonné emblem and custom tin of Hollywood's Leading
Light.
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To commemorate
Zippo's 70th Anniversary, Zippo proudly introduces Friends For
A Lifetime. Limited to only 70,000 worldwide, this
eleventh and final Collectible of the Year is a distinctive
brushed brass 1941 replica, with full-faced brass emblem and
exclusive bottom stamp. The colorful tin pictures Zippo
collectors and fans from National Zippo Day and Zippo/Case
Swap Meet. Special volume of personal stories from Zippo
owners is included with this commemorative set only.
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