What's your Ronson lighters worth in 2022? Here are some recently sold items with prices. Price Ronson Art Deco Bartender Lighter 12/2021: 2185: RONSON BLACK CADDIE SCRACE PERMANENT: 01/2022: 1562: Ronson 14k Gold Petrol Lighter Petrol: 12/2021: 1353: Deco 1930 S Ronson Touch Tip Classic: 11/2021: 670: Ronson Art Deco Pudding Bearer Chrome: 10/2021: 601: See all sold items on eBay for more prices: 01/2022. Queen Anne Whirlwind Princess Adonis Windlite Ronson Lighters value and price guide As with the Art Metal Works output, many well-built and stylish early Ronson lighters like gas, pocket and table lighters demand high prices in the collectibles marketplace. Ronson received an exclusive patent, in 1926, for a new automatic style of lighter that worked with one hand, and in 1927 Ronson began marketing it as the Ronson De-Light Lighter with the slogan "A flip - and it's lit! Release - and it's out!" Ronson's new lighters were an overnight success worldwide and soon the company offered a variety of lighters for all tastes. Under his leadership, the Art Metal Works began designing prototypes, and patented several generations of Igniting-Apparatus until finally arriving at the Banjo Lighter. It was a great success, demand shortly exceeding supply, spurring Aronson to Patent it and design other products around the invention, which were marketed under the Ronson brand name. In 1926 he released a new "automatic operation" Banjo lighter, which offered to both ignite and extinguish in a single push. In 1913, Louis Aronson applied for a patent for a Liter (lighter), which was approved. Aronson, and Max Hecht in Newark, New Jersey. When, in time, technological advances were developed to allow for the manufacture of a safe flint material in 1906, Louis Aronson's ambition for an automatic pocket lighter soon became a reality. eBay is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ronson.The Ronson lighter company started in 1897 as The Art Metal Works, and was incorporated in 1898 by Leopold Herzig, Louis V. Lighters made in the 1900s are considered vintage and collectors' items because they were made with significant decorative detail.Ĭontent provided for informational purposes only. However, the vintage Ronson lighters are collectors' items because they were produced and marketed during the 1900s. Zippo currently owns and continues to produce Ronson lighters. Why are Ronson lighters collectors' items? Many De-lite Ronson lighters are wrapped in leather with a large silver oval on both sides. These lighters come in a variety of sizes with the smallest one standing about two inches high. What is the Ronson De-lite lighter?įor more than 20 years, Ronson offered their De-lite lighters, producing over 85 versions of them. The company created the lighter starting in 1926, and they continued to produce it for more than three years before replacing it with the De-lite lighter. The Banjo was designed so that users pushed a button on the 2.25-inch silver lighter for it to produce a flame. The Banjo is named after its shape and is one of the first automatic lighters. Automatic cigarette dispensers with a table lighter beside them.Table lighter with a clock and calendar.Pipe holder with a table lighter beside it.This is a very rare double collectible because it’s a Vintage Lighter and a Vintage Compact. This Ronson Lighter with Compact for Sale is in excellent condition. Various animals holding or placed by an ashtray Ronson Lighter with Compact for Sale can be purchased by giving us a call.Some Touch Tip designs have side pockets intended to hold cigarettes. The lighter is designed for the user to remove the rod from its holder and touch the wand's tip to the igniter to produce a flame. Touch Tip lighters were designed with a striker wand and wick holder. The design is intended for users to strike the filament across the flint to create fire. The 2.25-inch-tall silver lighter has a flint on its bottom. This pocket cigarette lighter contains a metal wand with an asbestos filament on the end. Ronson made its first lighter in 1913, under the name Art Metal Works, called the Wonderliter. What is the first lighter made by Ronson? Here is some information about the vintage lighters available from Ronson. Ronson has produced many collectible lighters. Aronson won a worldwide competition for creating a safety match before turning his attention to building cigarette lighters. Founded as Art Metal Works in Newark, New Jersey, company founder Louis V.