A dear old friend of mine from our local cigar club owns this unique piece. His Wife got it for him as a Christmas present, and it originally cost her $1500 when the cigars were with it (I know, Wife of the year to her
). I have seen them online for $900 with all the cigars.
What he has is simply the box, all the coffins, and all the original papers in the original box (basically everything but the cigars). He asked me to get some information on it as he was interested in selling it if it was worth anything.
Here's what I know about it:
It is a very nicely constructed, large wooden FFOX box which held 22 upper end Fuente cigars, each in individual wooden coffins. Each coffin had gold lettering telling of the enclosed cigar. It was a limited edition from 2006 and numbered 470/500. It still has the DVD and original paper work including certificate of authenticity. It apparently was sold to benefit the "Cigar Family Charitable Foundation". It has been displayed in our local tobacconist's shop for a while, and has the original box.
The cigars are all gone, so this is just essentially the packaging.
My friend expressed interest in selling it if the price was right, but none of us present at the cigar shop knew much about it, and if the box had any real value. Our cigar shop owner thought it may be worth around $200, but I have absolutely no idea, and have been unable to find anything comparable to reference it to.
I told him I had just the place, here, whose members were among the most knowledgeable people around for cigars and tobacciana. So, here we are.
Our questions are:
What can you tell us about this collection?
Also, does the packaging hold any value if he was to sell it?
Thanks Guys