Posted 10 years ago
mssue64
(281 items)
I believe this is an old cigarette lighter,pot metal with red painted lips,has a cord for plugging in wall outlet,has the name,"Hot Cha" on bottom front,his little bottom has what look like a fire grill that light up when plugged in,I bought this from the estate sale of an eighty year old African American lady.
Cute and looks like it behind lit up is there a place it comes apart ? How tall is it ? Looks like a novelty item and maybe has or had a bulb in it ?
Yes the behind does have a place for light but no light,at one time it had a wood peepee with a red end but it was lost during the moving from my storage to my home storage,I think it's about 10-11" tall,I will have to go unwrap it and measure again to be sure,there were some tiny screws that fit in little holes on the side,they are missing to,does look like a cigarette lighter,I couldn't get in another picture but have a picture of the lighter inside,I can't find out anything about this piece
Here is one like him :-)
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/271612
I just logged in to se selling price !!
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/271612 . Sold for 475.00 dollars wow
WOWWWW!!!!! thanks! didn't know,must be a rare piece,again thanks for awesome information.
Your welcome . I think it must be a very desirable piece after seeing selling price but also you can see what yors needs by photo :-)
Just the screws,that one didn't have the wood peepee either,I didn't se anything else missing,I am so happy to finally know something about it,I have collected old,vintage,antiques for over 30 years,have all kind of items so happy for this site,I can finally find out about some of my items,again thank you
There are many people on this site willing to help and most just want a Thank You and are glad to do it . So many experts on site in different area's of expertise . I agree it is the best :-) Glad to have you with us . We all learn from each other here .
Thank you,glad to be here
Great job Mini.
Did you get any offers when this was listed on ebay?
I don't think it originally had a peepee. What you see in the photo Mini posted is a small button that you pushed to turn the heater on. This a rare item but unfortunately it suffers some serious metal fatigue, common on some early pot metal. Still should be worth something.
AZ who had it listed on ebay ? Not me lol
Guess I should have put that a little different, sorry.
mssue64, at least it had this same description and photos plus a few more.
Thanks for clearing that up Az :-) I thought it was me you meant :-(
I had it on ebay,got no offers I didn't know it was spelter,mine had a wood peepee that went up and down,maybe that was to way lighter was turned on,there's no push button on mine,mine still has some of it's green paint,altho the bottom has loss of paint