However, starting in 1952, Ronson introduced another method of lighting a cigarette or cigar using butane gas instead of lighter fluid.The big advantage was that a butane lighter lasted close to a year before it needed to be re-filled.The definitive reference book on Ronson lighters is Ronson, the World’s Greatest Lighter: Wick Lighters, 1913-2000 by Urban K. All of these wick lighters starting in 1913 used lighter fluid with the last model made in 1966. Ronson was the first company to patent the one-motion “press and release” lighter in 1928 which revolutionized the industry and made Ronson world famous. These include strike lighters, pocket lighters, touch-tips, cigarette cases, combination cigarette cases with lighters and table lighters. There is a fantastic assortment of all lighter types Ronson produced using both lighter fluid and butane. Ronson lighters appeared more than all other lighters combined in movies from the 1930s (Humphrey Bogart lighting up in The Maltese Falcon) until the outbreak of World War II and on television during the 1950s-60s (Johnny Carson’s desktop usually had the round rosewood RonsonVaraflame“Oslo”) and thus, was the most popular and stylish lighter for over 20 years during the heyday of cigarette smoking, including the very fashionable Art Deco period in the 1930s.Today these lighters are highly sought after by collectors because they were exquisitely made using an amazing variety of unusual and innovative designs. There was a time before disposable lighters that American-brand Ronson was as dominant as Coca-Cola and found in department stores, mom and pops, tobacco shops and newspaper stands and seen in magazines and on posters, in every city across America. Profiles in History Historical Auction 75ġ92.Ronson Lighter Collection.The world-renowned brand name Ronson is derived from its owner and inventor,LouisV.Aronson.
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