hey roopman, you are wasting your time with this guy. I am just glad I blocked him before he could try and make comments on my auctions. I collect Zippos as well and my most valuable ones are the ones with some sort of provenance behind them.
If you don't know what your talking about tony you shouldn't talk. If you have a collectible lighter that's been used it's doesn't make it uncollectible. I have many World War II and Vietnam era lighters that are well used and worth gobs of money. So you should do your homework. Ww11 Vietnam and Korea era lighters that are used are worth way money than any unused lighter ever.
You should get your facts straight. I have many first run black crackle ww11 lighters that are unused and still in mint condition paper containers that aren't worth as much as my used World War Two lighters
And Harley Davidson lighters are not the most collectible. I've got lighters that were never offered to the public through the zippo click club. Which I'm sure you've never heard of. And I would love to see a photo of your so-called 15,000 lighter collection LOL
I'm just sorry that I lowered myself into an argument over the Internet. Especially on someone else's auction which was very rude of me. And that is exactly what I was trying to explain. The more provenance the more it's worth.