Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “My dad used to take me, in the ’70s, to the store when I used to visit London with him,” recalls Zaim Kamal, ...
Ultrarare Art Deco lighter from the 1930s featuring built-in watch Fully functional and in excellent condition, with original dial and Breguet-style hands Made in Switzerland and France by the British ...
Smoking may be unfashionable these days, but there was a time when a stylish cigarette lighter was a social necessity. For sale next Tuesday through Shapiro Auctioneers in Sydney is an exclusive ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest told an expert to “stop it” when he shared the almighty price tag of her inherited and rare lighter. The BBC series travelled to Portchester where expert Mark Hill was met ...
The appetite of today's collectors for the trappings of a cigarette-smoking past will face an interesting test when a host of cigarette lighters from as far back as the "flapper" days of the 1920s ...
Produced by Dunhill in 1995 to commemorate similar pieces the British label made in 1929 Immaculate condition, including box and papers This striking piece is a Dunhill Charleston table lighter and ...