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 Many people think of the flame when they think of Zippo lighters. The flame has been part of the Zippo logo for years and is now being recognized as Zippo on its own. Back in the 1960's era, there were orangish plastic flames that were made and used to display Zippo lighters.
 At the Zippo/Case Swap Meet in 2002, Roseart displayed some of these original flames that they had found in their archives. Philip M. Rose, the Founder of Roseart, used these flames frequently when displaying his beautiful table lighters. Roseart used them as props in their table lighters at their booth to make the lighters look complete. They created quite a stir amongst the collectors. Enough so that Mark Platko, one of the Roseart owners, decided to try to recreate the original flame. He successfully did so and made a limited edition with packaging of approximately 642 commemorative flames. These flames were debuted at the lighter show held in July 2003 at the Best Western Motel at the PLPG show in Bradford. Again, they were very well received and sold out shortly after this show selling for $8.00 each.
 Mark thought why not recreate a brand new flame. The Roseart owners met with Violet Snyder of the Licensing department at Zippo and discussed this opportunity. Zippo blessed the idea and granted the Roseart Company a licensing agreement to use the flame. So Mark went to work on designing the flame to scale with Zippo's Trademark flame based on drawings he received from Zippo.
The final product in a nice licensed package shows the two companies joint effort in the Zippo Collector Display Flames. They sell for $1.95 each and can be purchased at the Roseart Company or on their website www.roseartlighters.com.
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