I don't collect them, but I wouldn't mind seeing your collection. Do you have the photographed, that you could post a link too?
Click the link in my sig for my online photo album. The first pic that loads is my current collection. I've added a few since, but noting special.
The one that started it all was a 1978 I was given by my girlfriend. We were cleaning out some of her grandfather's stuff after he passed away.
I learned the date codes, found a few more at some yard sales, and then it was on from there.
The stuff on the left is used...various years...the prize being the 1938 I bought for $3. I searched for info on the net about it...was contacted by a fellow in the UK that offered to buy it sight unseen for $750 with a mis-dated insert. The insert is not a 1938, but I'm currently searching for one.
The stuff on the right is all brand new unfired and unfilled. The 75th anniversary with the red flame on the front is a numbered limited edition...with a Swarovski crystal in the flame.
The one direcly above the "Seductive Stare" (lower left of the new stuff) is silver plated...found that one at a flea market for $8.
Each Zippo is date coded on the bottom...I can easily identify the year of both the insert and the case. If it's not a "theme" lighter, it has no name. But, if a theme or paint scheme is present, Zippo gives their lighters names..."Seductive Stare", "The Wall" (Vietnam wall) "Windy", and "Funky Cat" are a few examples of what I have.
