INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CIGAR AUCTION TO TAKE PLACE AT BOISDALE OF CANARY WHARF ON MONDAY 2 JULY 2012

We are delighted to announce that the Summer 2012 Vintage Cigar Auction will be held at Boisdale Canary Wharf on Monday the 2 July.

'The gavel will go down on 150 boxes of rare pre-embargo Havana cigars at our sixth auction, said Mitchell Orchant, managing director, C.Gars Ltd. 'Plus a good and wide selection of much sought-after Davidoff and Dunhill premium cigars, all kept, like the Havanas, in perfect condition.

There is already huge global interest from the world's cigar aficionados and tickets for the auction and pre-auction events are going fast. Bidders will be flying in from the USA, EU, Japan and China.'

According to Brian Ebbesen, former head of cigar auctions at Christie's London, who will again wield the gavel, Lot 250 is the most likely to attract the highest bidders on the day. 'This is a magnificent Cohiba Humidor handmade from five precious woods for the 2003 Festival del Habanos and containing 50 Cohiba Gran Coronas and signed by Fidel Castro,' he said. 'some aficionados would say it's a snip at its estimated price - £30,000-£40,000.'

The auction will be part of a week of planned cigar festivities in conjunction with Boisdale which include a lunch at Boisdale Belgravia on Friday the 29 June followed by cigar tasting on the terrace and a supper on Sunday is July at Boisdale Belgravia followed by cigar and single malt whisky tasting.

Past auctions have achieved almost 100% sales rate on Lots with many prices above established market prices. The vintage cigar market is robust and we expect the Summer auction to be very successful as it is a well-publicised industry event.