cigarros Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 London, ENGLAND, December 3, 2009 – There’s a recession on and people everywhere are feeling the pinch. But for one night, anyway, cigar lovers gathered on the cigar-friendly terrace of the famed Boisdale restaurant to bid on 162 lots of rare and vintage cigars at the highest-profile cigar auction of 2009. The show, organized by Cgars Ltd. chief Mitchell Orchant with Brian Ebbetsen – the founder of the Christie’s cigar auctions – realized sales on 147 of the 162 lots and with some amazing sales on some items, collected a total of £132,221 or about $220,029 U.S. There were plenty of highlights, including nine lots which sold for $5,000 or more and another nine which brought between $3,000-4,999! Jump to a full text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anacostiakat Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Interesting stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
android Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Thanks for that info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Congratulations to Mitchell and Brian That is not an easy result to pull off given current market conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellery Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thats crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 D@mn, thats alot of money for a box of smokes. I cant imagine how much it hurts to smoke one!! But for investment purposes, I could justify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aavkk Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Congrats to MO and for all who left the auction with a piece of history AND some great soon to be memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa1257 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Mo had an incentive (12.5% VIG) on top of what the auction collected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonVivant Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 It is 25%, 12.5 from the buyer and 12.5 from the seller, but that is not the point. Reviews, please, from the lots of the auction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paesano Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I second that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalebread Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 And Mo is setting up another auction for June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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