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Originally Posted by brianp-beme
Were you referring to something like this one I found that is on ebay?
Brian
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That is it! For some reason I think they never got the material that is used for the striker applied to the matchbook cover, so then they couldn't use it to complete the matchbook by putting the matches in. With no striker you couldn't light the matches and the matchbook itself would not be usable. Can't remember ever seeing one of those for anything other than a silver border matchbook. An interesting piece for someone that collects these Diamond Matchbook covers to possibly look to get. Thanks for posting the image off Ebay. I assume the item has not been folded as a normal matchbook would be also.
Also went and looked up the Ebay item, seller is asking a pretty steep amount for that Dean matchbook!!!! Don't think I've seen any Diamond Matchbook with a four figure asking price before. Ouch!