Vintage Cigarette Lighters

& Ashtrays, too!

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Lighters: #-A Ac Ami B Bowers Br Camel, etc. C Ch Cl Co Com Cor D Dunhill E F Evans G H I-J K Ke L M Maj Mas Mete N Negbaur O MIOJ P Pak Pe Po-Q R-Ri Ro-Rv Ronson S Se Str Sup T Thorens U-We Wh-Z Unbranded Ashtrays Collections Misc Items PLEASE NOTE: Some enlargements may require scrolling to see the whole image.
RK (Richard Kohn) Company Austria
RK Bullet Lighter This example is missing the bullet tip cap. c. 1920s LKK-0AG
RK Table Lighter c. 1920s Another View
RM Company Austria
Elstra-Lite Lighter The same design and nearly identical lighters were also marketed as Gaylord. c.1948
	IJK-0BB Another View	JIK-0AF Another View
RM Aluminum Block Lighter c. late 1940s HSL-0AC Another View
Radio-Lite
Radio-Lite Table Lighter c. mid 1950s Includes a music box feature so the 'radio' plays music. Another View Another View
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Ray-O-Lite
Ray-O-Lite (Catalytic) Lighter c. 1920s. This is one of the forerunners to the much more common New Method Self-Starting lighters. See: Making Catalytic Lighters Work KAK-0AB Another View Another View
Raylite Japan
Raylite States Series Lighter c. early 1950s.
	GIM-0AB Colorado Another View	California Another View
Rayno Manufacturing Co. New York
Dura-Lite Lighter Semi-automatic push button type aluminum block lighter. c. 1946 This same lighter was originally sold and advertised as a Hollis lighter and later ads show both Hollis and Rayno with the lighter named DuraLite. The patent for the lighter was assigned to Lapeer Manufacturing of Detroit Michigan originally. Patent
FLM-0BH DuraLite (Rayno) Candlestick Table Lighter Another View Another View Another View	CGM-0AD Hollis Another View	JdK-0AE DuraLite (Rayno) Another View Another View
Ready - SEE: TCW
Realite NY, NY
Realite Automatic Lighter Store Display
	LDK-00H	KMK-00D
Regel
Regeliter c. mid-1930s - early 1940s. German Patent pg 1 German Patent pg 2
DCL-0AD Another View Another View	HQK-0AF Another View	HQK-0AF
Regens - SEE: TCW
Regent England
Regent Aluminum Block Lighter c. late 1940s GIL-0AH Another View
Regent USA
Regent Rexall Aluminum Block Lighter c. late 1940s with Rexall TM on fuel screw along with maker name. GTL-0B0 Another View
Reliable Pocket Lamp SEE Henry W. Maybaum
Remco USA
Remco Aluminum Lighter JLM-0AA		Another View
Rexlite - Rex International Corp. New York, NY
Rexlite Lift Arm Lighter Patent		JHK-0CB c. 1927 Another View
Rexlite Automatic Lighter c. 1930

Rex Gem Lift Arm Lighter c Early 1930s
	JIK-0AH Another View	JIK-0AH Another View
Rex Tube Lighter c. 1950s Small tube lighter
	CUL-00D Shuron (glasses) Ad Another View Another View	LFK-00H Another View
Rexlite Slim Case Lighter Manufactured in Japan KDM-00G Another View
Rexxy Switzerland
Rexxy Automatic Lighter ASL-0BC
Richard Hodnut New York, NY; Paris
Richard Hodnut Lipstick Lighter This attractive ladies' purse lighter is very similar to the Cleopatra Jeweled lighter. Has bottom labels like a tube of lipstick would have.
	DSL-00F Cherry Spice Another View	DSL-00F Lazy Pink Another View Another View Another View
Ripley & Gowan / R&G Attleboro, MA
R & G Sterling Silver Lighter c. 1928 The hand painted enamel plaques on the lighters were made by the same company that made the ones for Evans lighters. Another View
Ritepoint
Ritepoint Vu-Lighter Late 1940s - early 1950s - the "Grand Daddy" of the Scripto Vu-Lighter. In a 1954 repair manual the Ritepoint is specifically mentioned as being the only lighter of its kind (at that time) - see through. Inside the top of the pocket lighters is a spare flint container. The flint is replaced by removing the spark wheel assembly. See 2 images below for details of this. Inside Top Flint Wheel Assembly Removed Patent Patent Patent Patent
HQK-0EG 'Miller Liter' c. 1949 Another View	Another View	HQK-0EG Another View
	AWL-0AC 'Miller Liter' c. 1948 Another View	JTK00H Another View
Ritepoint Life-Liter IDK-0AB Another View
Lighters: #-A Ac Ami B Bowers Br Camel, etc. C Ch Cl Co Com Cor D Dunhill E F Evans G H I-J K Ke L M Maj Mas Mete N Negbaur O MIOJ P Pak Pe Po-Q R-Ri Ro-Rv Ronson S Se Str Sup T Thorens U-We Wh-Z Unbranded Ashtrays Collections Misc Items PLEASE NOTE: Some enlargements may require scrolling to see the whole image.