Weekly News (December 6, 2010)

The impressive C. Gars Ltd Auction finished, with 85% of the lots selling. The ten highest selling lots: Lot 141 Fidel Castro Presidencia Humidor by Elie Bleu containing 150 presidencia cigars (92 Piramides & 52 Robustos), a bunch of vintage Cuban Pesos and signed by El Presidente – £24,000 (37,500) Charity Auction Lot – Romeo [...]

Weekly News (October 4, 2010)

This past week has been nothing but crazy. Only a few hours after posting the news for the week of September 28th, Dion Giolito of Illusione dropped a bomb: the Nosotros partnership with Drew Estate is over. Pete Johnson launched his new website and gave details on the newest edition of the Monster Series, The [...]

Weekly News (September 27, 2010)

The fight over the proposed park and beach ban in New York City continued, the IPCPR issued its own statement here. In addition, the loophole that has allowed many cigarette makers to reclassify their product as “small cigars” is drawing scrutiny. More news after the jump. Another hurdle in the merger between Scandinavian Tobacco and [...]