Those old Zippo lighters are getting a little too expensive for me. This ebay seller had offered a very cool early 1950s JBL promotional lighter with a minimum bid of one cent...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ZIPPO-JIM-JAMES-...QQcmdZViewItem
... but he pulled the auction before I got around to bidding on it. Now he's offering the little beauty for $3,499.99. I think I'll have to pass on this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6279300774
BTW, his historical info is erroneous. Jim Lansing died in September 1949, and the Alvin Lustig designed "big L" logo did not appear until 1950 or 1951. The D-130 image depicts a flat-back style driver, so the lighter likely dates to the 1950 to 1954 period. My guess is that several dozen of them were made, probably for sales reps to hand out on sales calls. This is the only one I've seen, however.