AboutM J Robbins Expertise Retailer of cigars and acc. since 1979.
Cigars - I've smoked most including Cubans.
Humidors- Testing humidors all the time. Selling humidors for 30 years.
Pipes - I imported Briar and Meerschaum also repaired them in the 1980's.
Lighters- Zippo distributor 30 years, expert in repair of old and new lighters although I haven't repaired an antique lighter in 15 years. Repaired thousands of butane lighters.
Experience 30 years importing and selling retail and wholesale Pipes lighters,cigars and humidors.
Designed and developed the only state of the art refirgerated mobile cigar humidor and the largest mobile cigar store in the USA.
Repaired 50,000 pipes and lighters in the last 30 years.
BR> Organizations RTDA
IPCPR
Education/Credentials 2 years Fullerton jr college
Question Being a cigar collector, I'd imagine you have some knowledge of zippo's possibly. I have a 4 lighter set called "Mysteries of the forest." Any clue on it's value? Thank you,Tony
Answer This lighter set is late 1990s. As a distributor of Zippo we still have some singles for sale and this shows the lack of interest in the item at this early date.
Very infrequently does a Zippo increase in value this early. The Millenium Zippo in titanium was worth a lot more for a short time then fell in value but is still worth more than the original selling price.
So - This is a nice set and kept in perfect condition it will accrue value nicely at the 30, 40, 50 year old collectible level.
It's value today is around $100 to $200.