Cohiba Humidor by Raul Valladares

[Nino]

Hi

an auction celebrated March 1-st 2012 to commemorate the second anniversary of the Casa del Habano at the Habana Libre hotel in Havana.

A beautiful piece of art by the Cuban artist Raul Valladares, a Cohiba humidor shaped like a cigar press, was up for bidding and the suspense was high as was the attention by press and tv crews.

http://www.esculturasvalladares.com/obras.php?id=2〈=en

After a lengthy cigar session the bidding started and in the end the successful bid was placed by Jimmy Ng from Singapore.

We celebrated in a small private group afterwards at El Templete.

Nino

See : http://www.flyingcigar.de/travel_cigars/2012_04_cuba_jimmys_humidor.php

for more pics.

[thechenman]

Simply gorgeous. Thanks for posting Niño and congrats to Jimmy on his fine acquisition.

[maverickdrinker]

Congratulations to jimmy. What a great addition to the collection.

[Fuzz]

:confused:

What the?!?! Never seen that before!!

[Nino]

Simply gorgeous. Thanks for posting Niño and congrats to Jimmy on his fine acquisition.

Thanks thechenboy ... change the settings on your ipad/iphone ....:-)

[Nino]

Some pics of the cigar"pipe" the Mexican gentleman was using :

[Nino]

And a pic of the open humidor ( in it's shipping crate )

and of the cigars ( diff. humidor, same cigars )

Nino - Not : Niño

[almudawi]

And a pic of the open humidor ( in it's shipping crate )

and of the cigars ( diff. humidor, same cigars )

Nino - Not : Niño

What the.... *faints*

[MPS]

What a beautiful humidor. Thanks for posting this. It's nice to see Mons attending the events and looking so well.

[Ginseng]

Gorgeous! Also, first time I've seen a cigar pipe. Fascinating. Does it work well? Benefits?

Wilkey

[semery74]

Beautiful humidor! Would be cool if you could either lock it down or open it using the Press Handle.

[Colt45]

Also, first time I've seen a cigar pipe. Fascinating. Does it work well? Benefits?

And might it affect flavor?

[Nino]

Gorgeous! Also, first time I've seen a cigar pipe. Fascinating. Does it work well? Benefits?

Wilkey

First time I/we saw it - the guy was very happy with it and he clearly enjoyed his cigar.

And might it affect flavor?

Guess not - after all, he was NOT a pipe smoker but a certified participant of the Habanos Festival.

Again, he was very happy smoking the cigar in his self-designed pipe and while I took the pics my friend Jimmy had a talk with him about the pipe, he seemed convinced - I could'nt hear the details,

[thechenman]

Thanks thechenboy ... change the settings on your ipad/iphone ....:-)

My wife messing with me again I'm afraid...

[Nino]

My wife messing with me again I'm afraid...

Ok, good excuse , will let it pass, but helping you out here :

The iphone/ipad/ipod text system has some kind of feature that automatically converts Nino into ... Niño

Now easy to remember: Nino is the Cigar catastrophe ... - Niño is the Climate catastrophe, I happen to be the first catastrophe

Cheers

Nino

[CanuckSARTech]

Now easy to remember: Nino is the Cigar catastrophe ... - Niño is the Climate catastrophe, I happen to be the first catastrophe

Cheers

Nino

LOL!!!!!!!! One-man wrecking crew?!?!!?