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SOLID GOLD . . . TO MAKE YOU FEEL OLD!

Plus: Steals and Deals from Famous Smoke Shop and Cigars International

Los Angeles, April 6 – Remember George Carlin’s great “Son of Wino” routine in his AM/FM album?

I remembered it when I saw the newest “big deal” on CigarAuctioneer.com: a complete 150-cigar Partagas 150 humidor.

Solid Gold, indeed!

The humidor was General Cigar’s tribute to Ramon Cifuentes, whose family owned the Partagas factory and the Partagas and Ramon Allones brands in Cuba at the time of nationalization. Cifuentes died in 2000, five years after General produced a special Partagas 150 Signature Series anniversary line in eight sizes featuring then-18-year-old Cameroon wrapper.

Later in 2000, General created 1,000 humidors of 150 cigars each, with 50 of the 150 Signature Series and 100 of a new series of Ramon y Ramon cigars, a tribute to the late Cifuentes, made in five sizes.

These big boxes retailed for $2,720 if you could find one and this one is complete, right down to the sap stains on the inside of the cedar humidor lid. The bidding starts at $1, but the final bid will be much, much higher. The auction ends Monday (April 11) at 9:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Steals and Deals:
More opportunities to save money and get some great cigars:

• Famous Smoke Shop:
Famous is not only auctioning cigars, but also selling directly!

>> Ashton’s 10-cigar sampler, was $78.95, now $59.95.

This is one of the elite cigars on the American market and this sample lets you try three of the five blends in the line:

o Two 8-9-8s (6 1/2 x 44) and two Magnums (5 x 50) from the Classic line;

o Two Aged Maduro No. 40s (6 x 50) and

o Two Cabinet No. 6s (5 1/2 x 52) and two Cabinet Pyramids (6 x 52).

>> The popular Avo Assortment with a special ashtray, offering one each of all five Avo blends in the robusto size, along with an elegant porcelain ashtray, regularly $39.95, now $34.95.

The package includes one each of the Avo Classic robusto (5 x 50), Domaine Avo <10> (5 x 50), Avo Maduro robusto (5 x 50), Avo Signature robusto (5 x 52) and the Avo XO Intermezzo (5 1/2 x 50).

>> Casa Toraño, the mild-to-medium-bodied house from Toraño, with perfect construction, now discounted:

o Churchill (7 x 48), box of 25 was $107.95, now $86.95;

o Robusto (4 3/4 x 52), box of 25 was $101.95, now $81.95;

o Toro (6 1/4 x 50), box of 25 was $105.95, now $84.95;

o Torpedo (6 1/2 x 54), box of 25 was $116.95, now $93.95.

>> Fonseca 5-50, a marvelous 5-inch by 50-ring robusto, now offered in a pack of four: regularly $18.95, now $9.95!

>> Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Petite Belicoso (5 1/2 x 52), a richly-flavored torpedo in boxes of 25, was $71.95, now $49.95.

>> Plasencia Reserva Organica, unique thanks to its organically-grown tobacco, now offered in sampler packs of five:

o Churchill (7 x 48), pack of five was $44.95, now $22.50;

o Corona (6 1/4 x 44), pack of five was $39.95, now $19.95;

o Robusto (4 3/4 x 52), pack of five was$37.95, now $18.95;

o Toro (6 x 50), pack of five was $41.95, now $20.95.

>> Puros Indios Piramide No. 1 (7 1/2 x 60) with luscious maduro wrappers, regularly $69.95 for a pack of ten, now $39.95.

>> Sun Grown by Rocky Patel, a powerful blend that Rocky guarantees you’ll enjoy:

o Petit Corona (4 1/2 x 44), box of 20 was $96.00, now $85.95;

o Robusto (5 1/2 x 50), box of 20 was $114.00, now $102.95;

o Toro (6 1/2 x 52), box of 20 was $134.00, now $120.95;

o Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52), box of 20 was $154.00, now $138.95;

>> Trinidad Lonsdale (6 5/8 x 44), an increasingly popular brand of depth and quality in a classic size. A box of 25 was $191.95, now offered at $152.95.

>> Perdomo Reserve Gran Sampler is now available, a great way to see what all the hollering is about, with seven cigars in an elegant case for $44.95. All seven are of the “R” size (5 inches by 54 ring), with one Champagne, two Cameroon, two Cuban Café and two Maduro editions.

• Cigars International:

We spoke above about “super gold,” but Keith Meier found some “rusted mold,” stashed somewhere in the Americas when he bought up some “Burt’s Gold,” an ill-fated Cigar Boom introduction from 1998.

Actor Burt Reynolds endorsed the cigar, made by the Tabacalera Don Rafael in Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic. It offered a mild-to-medium-bodied blend, but like its siblings – Burt’s Gold and Burt’s Lady – it made almost no impact on the market.

Now, Cigars International is offering the Panatela size (7 x 42) in boxes of 50 for $49.95. As Meier wrote, “Burt’s Gold is a decent everyday cigar that’ll match your pizza budget.”
~ Rich Perelman

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