After World War II a lot of match factories worked in close contact with local phillumenists, issuing special non-advertising sets. Quite often people who went abroad brought back matchboxes as souvenirs from other countries. In some collections it is possible to find labels from chemical matches, produced from 1810 to 1815-long before the modern matches arrived. Well.Polish matches from the Częstochowa match factoryĬollecting of matchbox labels emerged together with matches. Several top collectors state they have never seen one (in person or a picture) and heard only rumors that it actually existed. There are three in our collection, to include the current record holder.Īlso shown is the Charles Lindbergh luncheon matchcover, dated the following day, June 15, 1927. Hobbyists will go an entire lifetime without ever seeing In 2012 there wereĮleven known to exist, almost all are hidden in private collections. One strong possibility is that it was withheld and discarded because Captain Lindbergh was promoted to Colonel the week before, rendering the matchbook completely inaccurate. Nobody really knows why this book is so rare. Apparently about 200 were made to be handed out at a special dinner in which 3,200 guests attendedĪt the Astor Hotel in New York honoring his 1927 flight across the Atlantic. Was $100.at the time more than a Honus Wagner baseballĬard. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the valuable matchcover in the world, sellingįor a record $6,000 in 2015. The Mendelson book was made by covering up a Binghamtonīook to include the staple, with paper and pictures.įamous Charles Lindbergh matchcover, dated June 14,ġ927, is the most coveted in the hobby. Given away on distant street corners (or Opera House got a hold of an Opera book, with about 100 Their own by looking at near exact examples or the Binghamton The only two known, Fendrich Tobaccoīook above and the Piso Cure book, both have printed Printed Binghamton books is only a strong theory, but Thought that they copied the idea from already seen This is now possibly proved to be innacurate. Out on street corners and created the first matchbookĪd. Hand-printed an ad with clipped pictures and gave them Hobby believing in the story that a group young desperateĮntertainers, bought a box of blank Diamond matchbooks, The difference here! This has left the entire Top) is now mysteriously missing when compared to the From rare modern picturesĪckman, the Binghamton name on the saddle (or It is displayed so infrequently, current pictures showing Opera matchbook, said to be the oldest and madeīy the Diamond Match Co., was actually made by Binghamton. There are only two branded Binghampton Matchbooks knownĬontrary to popular beliefs, the handmade Mendelson Infringement, forcing them out of business. who successful sued Binghamton for patent In 1895 Pusey sold his invention to the Diamond On Pusey's design, to include a distinctive striker The Binghamton Match Co.,Įstablished in Jan 1893, developed a matchbook based In September 1892 attorney Joshua Pusey patented theįirst friction matchbook.
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