Churchill’s cigar to light up Shropshire auction

[El Presidente]

The famous leader summed up his love of cigars when he said: “Smoking cigars is like falling in love. First, you are attracted by its shape; you stay for its flavour, and you must always remember never, never to let the flame go out.”

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2018/05/15/churchills-cigar-to-light-up-shropshire-auction/

Churchill’s cigar to light up Shropshire auction

By Aimee Jones 

It is a half-smoked cigar discarded by a certain Winston Churchill – and now it is set to raise more than £1,000 at auction.

 

Auctioneer Aaron Dean with Winston Churchill’s half-smoked cigar that is up for auction at the weekend

Sir Winston was on his voyage aboard HMS Duke of York in 1941 to meet President Roosevelt when the cigar was thrown away.

It was collected by the Rev Robert Rowland Evans while he was the ship’s chaplain and is now being offered at Trevanion and Dean’s next auction in Whitchurch on Saturday.

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The cigar is expected to fetch more than £1,000

Auctioneer Aaron Dean said: “This particular cigar comes from an incredibly important point in our modern history. Churchill was sailing with his chief of staff and military advisors to meet with Roosevelt following the attack on Pearl Harbour and America’s entry into the Second World War to support the allies.

“The cigar is something we all instantly associate with Churchill.

"Throughout his political career he was practically inseparable from his cigars, and here is a rare opportunity to be able to own one of Churchill’s personal cigars.

"Other Churchill cigars have been offered on the open market but none from such a pivotal period in our history.”

The lot is accompanied by a handwritten note explaining the circumstances of its acquisition and a copy of the interview with Mr Roberts.

The famous leader summed up his love of cigars when he said: “Smoking cigars is like falling in love. First, you are attracted by its shape; you stay for its flavour, and you must always remember never, never to let the flame go out.”

 

[99call]

Great post,

but I wish the Hoopla in the UK/US about Churchills cigars would tamper down. Not for me being a spoil sport, but some poor people get tricked into thinking these things are rare.  There have been about 10 cigars this year alone, sold with solid or flimsy Churchill provenance. 

It's great social history, but Churchill was leaving cigar stubs over the world like a pigeon shits on Trafalgar Square. And it seems every butler in London was stuffing them in their top pockets. 

I hope some poor bugger doesn't buy this for more than £30, more likely however add an zero, Churchill would be screaming "buy a box of R&J!"

[retrofail]

1 hour ago, 99call said:

Great post,

but I wish the Hoopla in the UK/US about Churchills cigars would tamper down. Not for me being a spoil sport, but some poor people get tricked into thinking these things are rare.  There have been about 10 cigars this year alone, sold with solid or flimsy Churchill provenance. 

It's great social history, but Churchill was leaving cigar stubs over the world like a pigeon shits on Trafalgar Square. And it seems every butler in London was stuffing them in their top pockets. 

I hope some poor bugger doesn't buy this for more than £30, more likely however add an zero, Churchill would be screaming "buy a box of R&J!"

I know nothing of the subject, but my first thoughts were as many cigars as he smoked a day, are these really that rare and how confident could I ever be in the provenance? 

[ayepatz]

 

29 minutes ago, retrofail said:

I know nothing of the subject, but my first thoughts were as many cigars as he smoked a day, are these really that rare and how confident could I ever be in the provenance? 

Cigar equivalent of a piece of the Berlin Wall?

[westg]

Hopefully no- one gets to drunk and pays for that....or at least to much...attended an auction in Singapore on the weekend...a mate won a signed glove from the current british world heavy weight  ...I dont know who that actually is...5k...he paid...on Monday he flew back to Spain...left the glove in Singapore....never ever drink and bid....

[luckme10]

One man’a trash is another man’s treasure. Think if that gardener who used to save Churchill’s half smoked cigars had passed them down to his heirs. It would be worth a fortune.