On June 15, over 300 different lots of cigars ranging from vintage versions of the mundane to items likely to never be seen again will go under the hammer as British retailer C.Gars Ltd hosts its 15th auction.

Ramon Allones Coronas de Lujo

As always, it’s a mixture of largely Cuban cigars with a healthier dose of Edición Regionals this time around and a few other recent production cigars. On the other side of the spectrum is Lot 294, a full cabinet of 100 Ramón Allones Coronas de Lujo, pre-embargo cigars that measure 5 5/8 x 42. Estimates for the Ramóns are £12000-14000, roughly $18,000-21,500.

Mitchell Orchant, managing director of C.Gars Ltd, identified other notable lots such as Lot 296, another pre-embargo cabinet of 100, this time Romeo y Julieta Coronations de Luxe. Lot 23 is a box of 25 Cohiba Corona Especiales, only this time with the King of Spain bands on it. Of course there are a few items that aren’t tobacco—ashtrays, books and liquors. Lot 234 has one of the higher estimates. It includes two late 1970s boxes of Davidoff Château Yquems, a box of Hoyo de Monterrey Château Yquem from the 1980s and one bottle of Château Yquem wine from 1958.

There are a few non-Cuban items, including Lot 263, one of the recently-released Padrón 50th Anniversary Humidors in Maduro.

The auction will take places at 2 p.m. at London’s The Bulgari Hotel in the Knightsbridge area. C.Gars Ltd does not accept phone bids, although a live online bidding system has been used for the latest few actions.

Orchant has announced that the 16th C.Gars Ltd auction will be held in November. He began hosting semi-annual auctions in 2009 after Christie’s stopped its cigar auctions.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.