This lighter made of silver with guilloche enamel panels was made by McMurdo in the UK in 1946. It has sold at £600, but similar examples may be available at the vintage lighter show in Hatfield on October 14.
Despite the fact that smoking cigarettes has been ostracised, the rise in interest for vintage smoking paraphernalia has increased.
The Lighter Club of Great Britain runs a small annual vintage lighter show in Hertfordshire at the Ramada Hatfield Hotel, with this year’s event taking place on Sunday, October 14.