As this site is completely devoted to Zippo’s I assume you are a Zippo-collector.
Welcome to Zippoman.nl.
Enjoy the site, thank you for your visit and, where possible, thanks for your coöperation.
Gerard Kluivingh
Scanning through my collection i found out someZippo’s were already sold and also Zippo’s that were not on display. So changes are made to the website :
Following Zippo’s were added. (All for sale)
New aquiries september 2017. Bought from Brasershop in Bremerhaven and during the ‘My Zippo’ Swapmeet in Hamburg.
Sold two Mazzi lighters :
Today I updated the webside with all the Posters I have from Zippo :
I acquired some new Zippo Items :
Most of these items are aquired during my trip to the USA this year. Please feel free to scroll down to see the stories of the GLLC Swapmeet and the 20th Anniversary of the Zippo Museum.
New Zippo’s
New Documentation
GLLC
Miscellaneous
On the 15th of July the Zippo Museum held its 20th Anniversary. So after the swapmeet of the GLLC on the 14th we all went to the Museum
On the way to the Zippo Museum…
Zippo had made a 100 special lighters for the occasion. There were two models. They would only be available at the Museum. So everybody wanted to be at the Museum early. The first people already arrived at 7.00 a.m. So when we arrived at 8.00 a.m. there already was a line ……
Line up at the Museum
Totally there were three Zippo’s. Two are limited and the third one is regular available.
It was really crowded at the desk of the museum. Most of the people were GLLC members. So it was a good idea to have the GLLC meet a day before…
Crowd at the desk
Next to the special sale they had games set up, prizes were given out, had an auction (silent) and had a knife sharpener/zippo repair man on hand. Of course there was also enough food and drinks available.
You could also attend the Museum itself and if you were lucky could hear the story of the stolen Case Knife and how it landed in Jack Gorton’s garden …
Jack and his Knife
It was also an oppertunity to meet old Zippo Acquaintances as Kathy Jones and Linda Meabon. Laura and I were , thanks to Kathy Jones, interviewed by the Bradford Era.
In the Bradford Era
All in all it was an interesting and pleasant day. (And it also gave me new special Zippo’s …..)
A nice display
If you were not sure on the information on your Zippo Jack Gorton and Jeff Johnson were there to help. There knowledge on Zippo’s is tremendous. The Zippo,the bottum print, the hinge, the insert, the number of holes as from 1932 is all in there heads. Incredible.
Appraising Zippo’s
The President overlooking the meet
So for most people it was hard to decide which zippo to buy. All in all a good and well organized Swapmeet.
So many choices …
Which one shall I buy….
On the Zippo side Shirley Evers , the new Archives Manager (successor of Linda Meabon) attended the show. She answered as many questions as she could and was very interested in all the stories of the collectors. Here presence was highly appreciated
Shirley Evers – Zippo Archives Manager
2017 Blaisdale Foundation
New Zippo material 2016 Part 3
Documentation
Miscellaneous
To make the messages a bit shorter i split this update in different parts. This is Part 2.
GLLC
As I took no time to update the site there was no update in 2016. I now am updating and will start with 2016. Part 1
LYNCHBURG
MAZZI
Claudio had his 3rd meet in Germany and also celibrated his 20th anniversary.
And of course I prolonged my Membership in 2016 of the Zippo Club Italia
Special Brochure Zippos
2016 Special Edition
