It’s 2 a.m. and the Gala dinner has just finished. Possibly the slickest of all the gala dinners I have had the privilege of attending over the last 11 years with incredible entertainment and of course the best of company.
My table included the Managing Director of Hunters and Frankau, Jemma Freeman, as well as Marketing Director Simon Chase.
Simon conducted the most successful auction achieving in excessive of One Million Euros which I believe is a new record. The proceeds go entirely to the Cuba National Health Service.
Each lot was a work of art and photos will be on the website in the next few days
The auction lots and results were as follows
Lot 1
H Upmann humidor
50 Magnum 46
50 Sir Winston
50 Upmann no.2
50 Noellas
25 Robustos
25 Grandes
50 Magnum 50
Sold for 61,000 Euros
Lot 2
Hoyo de Monterrey humidor
50 Epicure Especial
25 Epicure no.1
25 Epicure no.2
50 Double Coronas
50 Extravaganza
50 Particulares
50 Gran Piramides
Sold for 140,000 Euros
Lot 3
Romeo humidor and 120 bottles of Torres wine in cooler
50 Churchills
50 Short Churchills
50 Romeos
25 Exhibition no.2
50 Cazadores especial
25 Hermosos no.2
50 Fabulosos no.6
50 Petit piramides
Sold for 140,000 Euros
Lot 4
Partagas humidor
50 Salamones
25 P2
50 898
25 SD no.4
50 SP no.1
50 Lusitanias
50 Sobrasalientes
50 Gran Piramides
Sold for 75,000 Euros
Lot 5
Montecristo humidor
25 A
50 Petit Edmundo
50 No.2
25 Eagle
25 Master
25 Regata
25 Junior
25 Double Coronas
50 Edmundo
50 no.4
25 Maravillas no.1
Sold for 120,000 Euros
Lot 6
Trinidad humidor
50 Robusto extra
50 Fundadores
75 Coloniales
50 Reyes
75 Robusto T
50 Ensueno
50 Torre Iznaga
Sold for 95,000 Euros
Lot 7 Cohiba humidor
25 Genios
25 Magicos
25 Secretos
50 Siglo II
50 Siglo IV
50 Esplendidos
50 Robustos
50 Lanceros
25 Gran Corona
25 Sublimes Extra
25 Siglo VI
Sold for 350,000 Euros !
We enjoyed a variety of Cohiba cigars over the evening including the incredible 5 year mature Cohiba Reserva…oh boy what a difference 5 years makes…simply incredible smoke
Saludos desde La Habana
Mitchell