Vintage Cigar Auction Lots

Good evening from snowy London where we are conducting our Winter Auction at Boisdale in Belgravia

We will be updating this blog regularly over the next couple of hours so we can bring you the results live as they happen. So just click the refresh button every few minutes to see the results appearing live.

Charity Lot – 16,000
Lot 01 – 400
Lot 02 – 310
Lot 03 – 1200
Lot 04 – 320
Lot 05 – 330
Lot 06 – 180
Lot 07 – 200
Lot 08 – 420
Lot 09 – 450
Lot 10 -130
Lot 11 – 340
Lot 12 – 350
Lot 13 – 210
Lot 14 – 260
Lot 15 – 190
Lot 16 – 90
Lot 17 – 150
Lot 18 – 150
Lot 19 – 650
Lot 20 – 360
Lot 21 – 800
Lot 22 – 400
Lot 23 – 290
Lot 24 – 290
Lot 25 – 600
Lot 26 – 300
Lot 27 – 280
Lot 28 – Pass
Lot 29 – 150
Lot 30 – 190
Lot 31 – 280
Lot 32 – 620
Lot 33 – 180
Lot 34 – 260
Lot 35 – 450
Lot 36 – 480
Lot 37 – 340
Lot 38 – 310
Lot 39 – 330
Lot 40 – 180
Lot 41 – 360
Lot 42 – 750
Lot 43 – 500
Lot 44 – 450
Lot 45 – 120
Lot 46 – 380
Lot 47 – 280
Lot 48 – 150
Lot 49 – 90
Lot 50 -110
Lot 51 – 440
Lot 52 – 1500
Lot 53 – 750
Lot 54 – 3700
Lot 55 – 450
Lot 56 – 600
Lot 57 – 750
Lot 58 – 650
Lot 59 – 500
Lot 60 – 1100
Lot 61 – 1050
Lot 62 – 680
Lot 63 – 160
Lot 64 – 1250
Lot 65 – 1300
Lot 66 – 500
Lot 67 – 600
Lot 68 – 420
Lot 69 – 750
Lot 70 – 2200
Lot 71 – 2000
Lot 72 – 1000
Lot 73 – 1000
Lot 74 – 600
Lot 75 – 600
Lot 76 – 620
Lot 77 – 620
Lot 78 – 400
Lot 79 – 300
Lot 80 -170
Lot 81 – 1500
Lot 82 – 1500
Lot 83 – 500
Lot 84 – 2000
Lot 85 – 2000
Lot 86 – 900
Lot 87 – 1000
Lot 88 – 1100
Lot 89 – 600
Lot 90 -800
Lot 91 – 650
Lot 92 – 1800
Lot 93 – 1750
Lot 94 – 1600
Lot 95 – 1450
Lot 96 – 420
Lot 97 – 2200
Lot 98 – 700
Lot 99 – Withdrawn
Lot 100 – 330
Lot 101 – 300
Lot 102 – 1650
Lot 103 – 1100
Lot 104 – 6000
Lot 105 – 150
Lot 106 – 320
Lot 107 – 620
Lot 108 – 2600
Lot 109 – 1300
Lot 110 – 11,500
Lot 111 – 2200
Lot 112 – 3500
Lot 113 – 350
Lot 114 – 1350
Lot 115 – 1600
Lot 116 – 1750
Lot 117 – 2500
Lot 118 – 800
Lot 119 – 2100
Lot 120 -1750
Lot 121 – 1850
Lot 122 – 1100
Lot 123 – 750
Lot 124 – 2100
Lot 125 – 3600
Lot 126 – 3000
Lot 127 – 2600
Lot 128 – 1850
Lot 129 – 3000
Lot 130 – 250
Lot 131 – 1900
Lot 132 – 3900
Lot 133 – 2800
Lot 134 – 7800
Lot 135 – 1850
Lot 136 – 920
Lot 137 – 550
Lot 138 – 8200
Lot 139 – 1700
Lot 140 -1200
Lot 141 – 24,000
Lot 142 – Pass
Lot 143 – Pass
Lot 144 – 2300
Lot 145 – 1350
Lot 146 – 1350
Lot 147 – 920
Lot 148 – 9000
Lot 149 – 2500
Lot 150 -1050
Lot 151 – 1100
Lot 152 – 500
Lot 153 – 450
Lot 154 – 1300
Lot 155 – 1550
Lot 156 – 1750
Lot 157 – 375
Lot 158 – 210
Lot 159 – 210
Lot 160 – 410
Lot 161 – 380
Lot 162 – 170
Lot 163 – 480
Lot 164 – 2700
Lot 165 – 320
Lot 166 – 980
Lot 167 – 950
Lot 168 – 700
Lot 169 – 600
Lot 170 -360
Lot 171 – 1250
Lot 172 – 360
Lot 173 – 2700
Lot 174 – 600
Lot 175 – 330
Lot 176 – 360
Lot 177 – 190
Lot 178 – 750
Lot 179 – 470
Lot 180 -820
Lot 181 – 550
Lot 182 – 850
Lot 183 – 920
Lot 184 – 1200
Lot 185 – 1100
Lot 186 – 280
Lot 187 – 480
Lot 188 – 340
Lot 189 – 700
Lot 190 -680
Lot 191 – 1550
Lot 192 – 2300
Lot 193 – 1150
Lot 194 – 1150
Lot 195 – 1050
Lot 196 – 1050
Lot 197 – 1050
Lot 198 – 1250
Lot 199 – 1400
Lot 200 -1100
Lot 201 – 900
Lot 202 – 60
Lot 203 – 360
Lot 204 – 520
Lot 205 – 360
Lot 206 – 350
Lot 207 – 500
Lot 208 – 380
Lot 209 – 560
Lot 210 -360
Lot 211 – 300
Lot 212 – 180
Lot 213 – 920
Lot 214 – 620
Lot 215 – 330
Lot 216 – 380
Lot 217 – 230
Lot 218 – Pass
Lot 219 – 95
Lot 220 -180
Lot 221 – 170
Lot 222 – 170
Lot 223 – 170
Lot 224 – 180
Lot 225 – 180
Lot 226 – 300
Lot 227 – 480
Lot 228 – 120
Lot 229 – 120
Lot 230 -330
Lot 231 – 320
Lot 232 – 170
Lot 233 – 170
Lot 234 – Pass
Lot 235 – 310
Lot 236 – 310
Lot 237 – 210
Lot 238 – 220
Lot 239 – 240
Lot 240 -190
Lot 241 – 200
Lot 242 – 480
Lot 243 – 700
Lot 244 – 240
Lot 245 – 260
Lot 246 – 410
Lot 247 – 390
Lot 248 – 160
Lot 249 – 250
Lot 250 -110
Lot 251 – 150
Lot 252 – 120
Lot 253 – 90
Lot 254 – 200
Lot 255 – Pass
Lot 256 – 950
Lot 257 – 230
Lot 258 – Pass
Lot 259 – 300
Lot 260 – 220
Lot 261 – 150
Lot 262 – 520
Lot 263 – 390
Lot 264 – 260
Lot 265 – 260
Lot 266 – 550
Lot 267 – 340
Lot 268 – 1400
Lot 269 – 110
Lot 270 – 200
Lot 271 – 110
Lot 272 – 1500
Lot 273 – 5800
Lot 274 – 280
Lot 275 – 2600
Lot 276 – 330
Lot 277 – 330
Lot 278 – 2600
Lot 279 – Pass
Lot 280 – Pass
Lot 281 – Pass
Lot 282 – Pass
Lot 283 – Pass
Lot 284 – Pass
Lot 285 – Pass
Lot 286 – 200
Lot 287 – Pass
Lot 288 – 2200
Lot 289 – Pass
Lot 290 – Pass
Lot 291 – Pass
Lot 292 – Pass
Lot 293 – 1050
Lot 294 – Pass
Lot 295 – 2300
Lot 296 – 1250
Lot 297 – 470
Lot 298 – 680
Lot 299 – 410
Lot 300 – 450

Please note the above results are subject to final confirmation and all winning bidders will be notified by email as soon as practical

Best wishes

Mitchell Orchant and Brian Ebbesen

Vintage cigar auction 48 hours!

End of another month looms – this has to be the fastest year I have ever known! Christmas just round the corner and expected to be our busiest season ever. Great timing with our new and rather massive offices and warehouse in Norfolk as well as our expanded premises in London as our range of humidors, gifts and accessories is larger than ever to cope with the ever growing demand.

We have over 5000 humidors in stock now from budget to luxury we have them all. New ranges of Prestige, Gentili, Daniel Marshall and Elie Bleu of all shapes, sizes and designs – something for everyone for sure 🙂

Our shops are stocked up to the ceilings with smokers gifts – ashtrays, cutters, lighters, cigar cases and everything else the cigar smoker could possibly want and our humidors are bursting full with every cigar that is available in the UK, singles, samplers, boxes and cabinets – we have them all – tons of them!

I’m looking forward to some serious sampling sessions at our London offices on Monday and Tuesday as we have many clients visiting and inspecting the Auction Lots before the Tuesday evening Vintage Cigar Auction at Boisdale You can see the Auction details on this website the venue is now fully subscribed for the evening which we expect to be a great success as well as the herf of the year!

We are very excited to be auctioning for charity a humidor kindly donated by Jennie Churchill (great granddaughter of Winston Churchill) check out all the details here quite a breath taking humidor/cigars and all proceeds going to two very worthy causes.

I understand that Cigar Aficionado magazine will be covering the auction live at the event and of course we will be updating the results live from the auction as the action happens – should be on my blog as well as our auction websites although all results will be subject to final verification on Wednesday.

Best of luck to all the bidders, there should be some great value Lots won on the evening

Mitchell

Partagas Festival 2010

Just back from my 49th trip to Havana 🙂 . This time to enjoy the Festivities of the annual Partagas Festival. We had some confusion regarding the numbering of the Festival but my group of smoking chums finally concluded that it was the 20th Amigos of Partagas Festival as well as the 165th anniversary of the brand of Partagas.

165 limited edition Partagas 165 humidors have been made to mark the occasion with each containing 25 -109’s and 25 Sublimes, all specially banded and sure to fast become a collector’s item.

On this trip I had a wonderful tour of El Laguito (the Cohiba factory) where the quality control has hit new heights with draw testing machines just about everywhere I turned! Cohiba Behike of all sizes were being rolled including I am delighted to report – plenty of 56’s. I understand that BHK’s are also now being rolled at Partagas. I understand the integrity of the blend has been maintained in these incredible cigars regardless of which factory they are rolled at.

It was a hard 5 days herfing all over Havana including the Hotel Nacional terrace, Partagas VIP room, Robaina shop and Palacio shop. Staple cigar of the trip was Cohiba BHK’s in all sizes 🙂 but I also tried the Bolivar book cigars which show great promise.

Had a smoke or two with many characters including Valerio Cornale (LCDH Cayman) and Salvatore Parisi from Italy who has just completed his wonderful book (only in Italian at this time) Dinner with Colin Ganley (European Cigar Journal) and friends including Ajay from LCDH Teddington and Amir Saarony whom is working hard on his book about Partagas (can’t wait to see it!)

This years gala dinner was held at the Habana Libre Hotel (previously the Havana Hilton) and it was great to catch up with friends (Aficionados and Cigar Specialists ) from all over the world to celebrate the 165th anniversary. We enjoyed an excellent evening of entertainment as well as many splendid Partagas cigars and Havana Club rum. Massimo from Italy conducted a very successful auction with proceeds as usual going to charity (Cuban Health Service) Very grateful to Partagas for recognizing me as an Amigo and presenting me with a cigar book/box gift again this year.

Looking forward to trip no.50 in January and 51 for the February Festival del Habanos 🙂

Finally back to cold London and our offices where I continue to sample the UK regional edition Por Larranaga Regalias de Londres which is fast becoming our best seller of the year. No sign of the UK regional 2010 La Flor de Cano sadly so it looks like we will have to be patient till next year, though it will be well worth the wait.

Auction fever is now hotting up with just a week to go. Bidders expected to come to the event from all over the globe. If you can’t join us for a cigar and a glass of champagne- you can still bid online till Sunday midnight

We are delighted to have one final auction Lot generously donated by Jennie Churchill, the great granddaughter of Winston Churchill with all proceeds going to 2 most worthy charities. See the details here I’m looking forward to having a cigar with many friends at the fabulous Boisdale cigar terrace in Belgravia

If you would like to attend the auction pleased remember you have to register

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Havana herfing

Greeting from sunny Havana where I am enjoying sunshine and cigars at the annual Partagas Festival 🙂 I could be the only person to actually bring cigars to Cuba as I couldn’t help but show off the UK regional Por Larranaga Regalias de Londres and gift out a few to my friends

I’m looking forward to the Gala dinner this evening at the Havana Libre Hotel and understand there should be some very special Partagas smokes to enjoy – full report to follow as soon as I am back in London 🙂

Great to see that our auction is being reported in Cigar Aficionado Magazine ( thanks CA!)

You can still get in on the action of the auction even if you are not in London for the event as our website accepts absentee bids – so you may still win a bargain or something super rare. Our dedicated Auction website is here

For bidders intending to attend the auction and enjoy some pre auction smokes,champagne and canapés- please don’t forget to register as we have to give Boisdale final numbers before the event. Bidder registration here

Have a smokey weekend

Saludos desde La Habana

Mitchell

Smokey greetings from a rainy day in London

We have finally closed the auction catalogue list today and the final printed catalogue has gone to press and will be distributed on Monday. We had to cut it off at 300 Lots which is a fairly huge auction 🙂 Full details on our auction website

Boisdale Belgravia was our chosen restaurant for a herf last night and it was good to make new cigars smoking friends on the terrace. A cold evening but the heaters and blankets did a good job at keeping us warm as we smoked our way through a baggie of Monte 2’s BBF and SD 4’s. And.. well done to the Boisdale chef for the best Gravadlax we have ever tasted 🙂

Herfed my way through a few Punch Serie D’Oro no.1 this week and they just keep getting better. Stash them in your humidor while you can as stocks are starting to get low on this fabulous UK regional edition

New ranges for Christmas being added to the website all the time and we have had cigar photographer Tillman Pretscher working in our offices all week together with our full time photographer Blanka who was busy photographing our ever growing range of humidors which now includes Daniel Marshall and Elie Bleu

Famous cigar roller Hamlet of the Romeo factory in Havana has been busy rolling dark and oily wrapper robustos for us with some splendid mature leaf for the last 5 days and we are grateful to Hunters and Frankau for sending him over to us as he is exceptionally skilled and a first rate roller. More details on this link

Our friend Kiminori Yagi from cigar Bar Bridge in Tokyo also came over to London for an office herf this week, always lovely to see him and I’m looking forward to herfing in Tokyo again in the near future.

Just a few days till my trip to Havana for the Partagas Festival 🙂

Have a smokey weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell