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Exclusive, Convention Pieces, Artist Proofs, Limited Edition, Signed or Numbered ZIPPO LIGHTERS : KHA2212 BRADFORD COUNTRY CLUB EXCLUSIVE and NUMBERED 401/1500

BRADFORD COUNTRY CLUB EXCLUSIVE and NUMBERED 401/1500 BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA Product Code: KHA2212 This is perhaps the most unique collaboration by either Zippo® or Shelia's®. This second, in a series expected to be ten houses, is the hallmark of quality known to both companies' loyal collectors. The three dimensional house contains a new Zippo® brand lighter painted to match the house where it slips into a slot over the doorway on the front porch. Don't wait to snatch this one up! It's not available to Shelia's Dealers. This piece is for the serious Zippo® or Shelia's® Collector Size: Size: 10 " Wide X 5 " High X 1 1/8" Deep. Issue Date: 12/17/2004 Series: Exclusive Edition Limit: 1500 NOTE: Numbers match on house, lighter and authenticity certificate. "Keeping the History AliveTM Issue 2. A unique, consecutively numbered limited edition collectible series of architectural miniatures with integral matching pocket lighter, recognizing historically significant buildings associated with the Zippo Manufacturing Company, both past and present." History on back, "The former Bradford Country Club (now a private residence) was the setting on a muggy summer night in 1932 for the spark that became the Zippo Windproof Lighter. George G. Blaisdell, then co-owner of the Blaisdell Oil Co., saw his friend Dick Dresser out on the terrace trying to light a cigarette with a cumbersome, odd-looking Austrian lighter with a removable top. "You're all dressed up" chided Blaisdell. "Why don't you get a lighter that looks decent?" "Well, George," his friend answered. "it works!" Impressed, Blaisdell obtained U.S. distribution rights for the lighters but, when he couldn't sell them profitably, he decided to build a lighter that would look good and be easy to use with one hand. He created a rectangular case with a hinged lid and improved the chimney design, which provided the (now famous) Zippo windproof feature. Blaisdell named his creation "Zippo" because he liked the sound of the name of another recent invention, the zipper." "This building was also part of the Bradford Country Club in 1932. No longer standing, it served primarily as a bowling alley. The second floor may have provided storage space or an additional gaming room. This building was located south of the main clubhouse." Shelia's has evolved into Custom Wood Gifts following Bankruptcy reorganization. Each piece comes in its original package as picked up from the warehouse, NEW and never displayed. We also do special orders on any Shelia's products. If you find a Shelia's piece you want from somewhere else but it's not listed on our web site, e-mail us for discount quote giving us the product part number. We will meet or beat any other web site's price. Just send us a link where it is. Our price 69.95

KHA2212 BRADFORD COUNTRY CLUB EXCLUSIVE and NUMBERED 401/1500

Product Code: KHA2212