Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
2010 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (2010)
2010 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford: Photographed Vintage-series flat-bottom Zippo bearing the B month letter and 2010 date attribution. Its 1937-inspired design name is not the year of manufacture. Use the full date code, the case construction and other evidence when dating or authenticating a lighter. 2010 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford: Photographed Vintage-series flat-bottom Zippo bearing the D month letter and 2010 date attribution. Its 1937-inspired design name is not the year of manufacture. Use the full date code, the case construction and other evidence when dating or authenticating a lighter.
- Known period
- February 2010
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- Vintage Look
- Dating evidence
- Primary dating clue — An established factory date code or a directly relevant stamp system. Check the complete marking and model type; it is not a certificate of authenticity.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
- Year attribution
- factory-date-code-visible
Reference images · real photographed examples
February 2010 code as labeled in the collector archive; compare the full stamp and model features.
April 2010 code as labeled in the collector archive; compare the full stamp and model features.
Historical variants and original source records
Independent sources and distinct stamp layouts are preserved as individual photographs, not additional main cards. A pictured example alone cannot establish that every lighter from the year used the same construction.
- 2010 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford — 2010 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: J. Kim
Primary dating clue: An established factory date code or a directly relevant stamp system. Check the complete marking and model type; it is not a certificate of authenticity.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
Photographic copyright: Credited individually below each photograph
Dating caution. A Replica name refers to the reproduced design, not necessarily the year this example was manufactured. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.