By 1995, I knew the value of the lighter and it was a lot more than $52.00. The wand cost $12.00 more than the lighter, but it was worth it. I picked out the one that went with the lighter and purchased it for $32.00. This place had dozens of different types of Touch Tip wands. I forget the name of this shop, but I do remember that it was located in a building on West 57th Street in Manhattan, not too far from Fifth Avenue. ![]() (The name “yellow pages” comes from the yellow paper used to print the numbers on residential phone numbers were in a separate book with white pages.) Sorry, I digress, so I looked in the phone book and found a place that repaired Ronson Lighters and sold replacement parts. ![]() Issued by the local telephone company every year, for free, the “Yellow Pages” listed the phone numbers for business. ![]() We would turn to a large book called the “Yellow Pages”. Now for any readers who are too young to remember the world before the internet, we did have a resource to help us find things. The Ronson Touch Tip lighter wand I purchased in 1995.
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