Zippo Collectibles of the Year

     In 1992 Zippo produced a special commemorative lighter in a collectible tin for the company's 60th Anniversary.  The lighter has a Midnight Chrome finish (first production of this finish) with a pewter 60th Anniversary emblem attached to the face.   The lighter was produced in limited quatities, produced for only that year.  Customer response was so great to the special lighter and related tin that Zippo decided to continue to produce limited edition lighters and tins from that year forward.  Approx. 350,000 of these lighters were produced in 1992.

     The 1993 Collectible of the Year is the 1935 Varga Girl "Windy".  The lighter is a high polished chrome with a pewter "Windy" attached to both the lid and body of the Zippo.  The lid of the tin shows a reproduction of how the world first came to know "Windy".  In 1937 Zippo ran it's first advertisement in the December issue of Esquire magazine. (See ad on right)  Approx. 450,000 of these sets were produced in 1993.

     1994 saw the 50th Anniversary of D-Day.  Zippo has reproduced it's black crackle lighter ,first seen during WWII due to shortages in brass and chrome ,and attached an antique brass emblem patterned after the sleeve patch worn by the Allied troops.  The tin has the same emblem on the cover.  The inside cover has General Dwight Eisenhower's inspirational June 6, 1944 message to the troops reprinted.

     In 1997 Zippo celebrated another anniversary.  Sixty five years and still going strong.  The lighter is a 1937 replica in high polished chrome with an art deco pewter emblem attached to the face.  The emblem shows the several styles of the Zippo logo used over the years. The tin has an embossed emblem that copies the one seen on the lighter.  It also shows many other styles of the Zippo logo.