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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Greg in SC, post: 322459, member: 6564&quot;]Hello Antiquers, I hope everyone is having a good day, its mild here is SC today.</p><p>I know forums appreciate it when people do some of the leg work themselves prior to the cry for help so I did, as best as I know how anyway.</p><p>I searched Google forwards backwards and upside down but cannot find any other example or image of this specific lighter.</p><p>HISTORY: My Grandpa along with his Dad and Brothers worked at Star Peerless Brewery in Belleville IL when he was a young man.&nbsp; He worked in the cellars and bottle house and his Dad was in management/PR.&nbsp; My <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/posts/322459/edit" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/posts/322459/edit">Edit</a>Grandpa went on to Siebels Institute, became a respected Brewmaster, and worked at Genesee Brewing in Rochester, NY until he was 70!&nbsp; He is gone now but my Grandma is still alive and just turned 105!</p><p>My Grandfather held onto pretty much everything related to his time in brewing because he was proud, most people that lived through the depression were, and tough too.&nbsp; When he passed away his Son received the bulk of his collection because he himself stepped into my Grandfathers position at the brewery when he retired.&nbsp; I did however receive some pretty cool Genesee stuff, bottle openers, a beer bottle with his face on it, buttons, ties, etc...all advertising stuff and things to pass on to vendors during the wining and dining they do.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can post pictures of that stuff sometime just to give you guys some more interesting things to look at.</p><p>THE LIGHTER:</p><p>In among the items I received from him was this little baseball bat and I didn&#039;t actually discover it was a lighter until years later.&nbsp; As you can see by the images, the tip pulls off to expose the striker, its never been used. I have seen older baseball bat lighters on google but nothing exactly like this, nothing with the Louisville Slugger logo.</p><p>QUESTION:</p><p>Can anyone shed some light on this little lighter or perhaps point me in the right direction?&nbsp; I saw a few sights regarding lighters, none like mine, and wanted to post a question like I am here but in order to post you needed to join and it wasn&#039;t free.&nbsp; I like the idea of sharing information freely, sometimes it feels like everyone is out to make a buck! So what do you think this lighter is worth LOL, just kidding, I just want to learn its history.&nbsp; Perhaps my PR Great Grandfather was talking with the H&amp;B Company about a possible collaboration in advertising...I mean baseball and beer is a no brainer, why not a Louisville Slugger in one hand and a Star Peerless brew in the other...maybe?</p><p><br /></p><p>I promise to work on trimming the fat of future posts, my wife just said holy book! there going to ban you!! I guess I can be a little wordy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]107432[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]107433[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]107434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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