Interesting Cigar Find This Weekend

[gettysburgfreak]

While browsing an antique shop this weekend I came across a vintage humidor that was given to president JFK after he was elected to the presidency. It is 1 of 3 known to exist. For 11,000 it can be yours. PM me if you would like the name of the shop.

[white_s2k]

Very cool find. What kind of cigars are in there?

[TripleF]

Wow, that's cool. Thanks for sharing!!





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[Footbag]

Very cool! I'll take two.

I zoomed in on the pic and it says Alhambra Cigars and it also says "Specially made for President Kennedy" on the cello.

[white_s2k]

Originally Posted by Footbag

I zoomed in on the pic and it says Alhambra Cigars and it also says "Specially made for President Kennedy" on the wrapper.

Thanks

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by Footbag

Very cool! I'll take two.

I zoomed in on the pic and it says Alhambra Cigars and it also says "Specially made for President Kennedy" on the cello.

I have read that he liked Philippine cigars...though his were supposedly supplied in coffin boxes that were destroyed after the contents were used.

[Footbag]

While it is a lot of money, $11,000 doesn't really seem so bad. If there was a photograph of him with the humidor or proof that he actually possessed it, it should be a lot more valuable.

I enjoy historic collectibles, and keep my eyes on a few auctions. I also do basic appraisal work. I'd be interested in knowing more about it's chain of custody. Considering the fact that three existed, it may not be the one that he himself owned.

[troutbreath]

[holy grail] It's very niiice . . . but I've already gots one. [/holy grail]

[hotreds]

Too small!

[gettysburgfreak]

I forgot to mention my favorite cigar shop also had a very, very limited edition hand carved and painted box that included 40 Padron 40th anniversary cigars for a whopping 1600 bucks.

I would be very interested if it was full of part of the 1000 sticks he commissioned one of his aides to get right before the Cuban embargo!!
Josh

[groogs]

That is very cool, but I would rather spend $11,000 on smokes.

[karmaz00]

wow. very nice

[mojo65]

I recall a JFK humi with cigars sold at Christie's in the last several years for a bunch of money.


Found this....
The $574,500 cigar humidor that once belonged to John F. Kennedy is probably destined for a super-secure life behind glass overlooking Park Ave.
"It may go over there," said cigar maven Marvin Shanken, pointing to the southwest corner of his Manhattan office yesterday.
Of course, he'll put real cigars in it, he emphasized.
Shanken, owner of Cigar Aficionado magazine and a string of wine publications, walked away with what an auction expert called "the smartest purchase" of the first night of the auction of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' posessions.
The proud new owner said he'll probably have "a special case" with highly secure locks built to protect the walnut humidor measuring 121/2 inches high, 121/2 inches long and 13 inches wide that comedian Milton Berle gave to Kennedy as an inaugural gift in 1960.
The box is inscribed: "Good Health. Good Smoking. Milton Berle, January 20, 1961."
Shanken, 52, said he already owns 100 antique humidors including one that had been owned by actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Noting he was a New Haven volunteer in Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, Shanken said he "admired, if not worshiped" the martyred President, and felt he was buying "a piece of history."
Shanken, who also has a $100,000 bottle of 1784 Chateau Margaux wine and valuable French posters, said he's now on the lookout for a cigar memento from another legendary cigar smoker, Winston Churchill.
"It was a very, very shrewd purchase," said Art & Auction magazine editor Bruce Wolmed, "because he's gotten himself a fabulous marketing tool."
A Sotheby's spokeswoman, meanwhile, said singer Jimmy Buffett was "ecstatic" over his $43,700 purchase of a Jamie Wyeth lithograph of Kennedy in a sailboat and a $9,200 catalogue of books in the White House Library during Kennedy's term.
Other successful bidders include rug importer Robert Hakimi of Brookville, L.I., who paid $43,000 for a 19th century Victorian needlepoint rug that graced the Oval Room on the second floor of the White House during the Kennedy years.
The 8-by-71/2-foot crimson and ivory floral rug will be displayed in Hakimi's Westbury, L.I., store and then transferred to his home for his parents' pleasure before making the rounds of public exhibitions, said Hakimi, 29, whose parents emigrated from Iran.
"It's a piece of American history that I'm going to have in our family as an heirloom," he said. "My mom remembers the day he was assassinated. It was a very sad day."

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by gettysburgfreak

While browsing an antique shop this weekend I came across a vintage humidor that was given to president JFK after he was elected to the presidency. It is 1 of 3 known to exist. For 11,000 it can be yours. PM me if you would like the name of the shop.

"IT must be mine!!"

[groogs]

Originally Posted by icehog3

"IT must be mine!!"

Even Peterman had a limit of $10,000.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by groogs

Even Peterman had a limit of $10,000.

For clubs, or for cake?

[groogs]

Originally Posted by icehog3

For clubs, or for cake?

I would say for Cake, the clubs were a bonus.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by groogs

I would say for Cake, the clubs were a bonus.

How much do you think Peterman would pay for a slice of Marie Antoinette's cake?

Oh wow that would be too cool!