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Mauro perucchetti the official website. Ronit Baranga, Clay Sculpture - רונית ברנגה, פיסול בחומר. Soldiers Engraved Lighters from Vietnam. Last year, Cowan’s Auctions put up a lot of 282 Vietnam War-era Zippo lighters featuring personalized and anonymous engravings chosen by U.S. soldiers, sailors, and airmen during deployment.

Soldiers Engraved Lighters from Vietnam

The collection was compiled by American artist Bradford Edwards over several years in the 1990s, on-site in Vietnam. The collection sold for $35,250 on June 21, 2012. The following is an excerpt from the Cowan’s Auctions lot description: Edwards explains that he is fascinated with the lighters as windows into the minds and experiences of the men experiencing a certain place and time. As Vietnam has evolved into a more modern and open nation in the last 20 years, foreign tourists have driven a growing market in the mementos, leading to an explosion in fakes. Excerpts from the Objects of Codependency; “Just between you and me…”