C.Gars Ltd's First Cigar Auction


NEWS RELEASE                         4 December 2009

Merry White Ash Christmas!

Box of 50 Havanas sold for £16,000 at C.Gars Ltd's first cigar auction in London

 

It will be a White Ash Christmas for the cigar aficionado who snapped up Lot 124 in Boisdale Belgravia the other day, for £16,000.

'It works out at £320 a cigar, each of which he can enjoy to the last gasp for around 45 minutes,' said Mitchell Orchant, managing director of Britain's leading cigar merchant, C.Gars Ltd.

'The lucky bidder for Lot 124 is now the owner of a rare Cubatobacco 1492 limited edition (1 of 501) humidor made in 1992, containing 50 corona-gorda-sized cigars.

'We also gave him 50 pins so he wouldn't waste an inch of these beautiful much sought-after Havanas.  All he wants now for Christmas is to be left alone, and anonymous, so he could enjoy his Christmas present to himself without getting lectured by ardent anti-smoking puritans.'

C.Gars Ltd's first cigar auction was a resounding success, partly because it was conducted by Brian Ebbesen, former head of cigar auctions at Christie's London on the splendid cigar terrace at Boisdale in Belgravia.

'The first thing I did was tell all the buyers to light up their favourite cigars while they placed their bids,' said Ebbesen. 'Despite the cold weather, Boisdale's heaters kept the auction bidders warm enough to keep raising their paddles to bid.'

Around 50 bidders attended the event and enjoyed UK exclusive regional edition El Rey del Mundo Choix de L'Epoque and Hoyo Epicure no.2's ( finest English Market Selection of course).

Lots were sold to commission bidders from all over the world, and two buyers flew in from Los Angeles in search of a rare smoke.

C.Gars Ltd is now planning to hold its second cigars auction at Boisdale Belgravia in June 2010.

 

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

C.Gars Ltd was launched in 1997 and is now one of the world's largest specialist cigar merchants. It sells premium cigars and related goods from its website, 24/7, every day of the year and runs ten specialist tobacco shops in the UK and Germany, and has an associate company in Ireland.

For further information please contact the C.Gars Ltd Press Office on 0207 372 1865 (+44 1 207 372 1865) or email:  [email protected]


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