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Including a great Toraño sampler from Famous Smoke ShopLos Angeles, May 4 – Some deals we like, if they’re still in stock: Abner’s World: A rarity: discounts on Leon Jimenes Belicosos (6 1/4 inches by 52 ring), a medium-bodied, very well made brand, in boxes of 25 were $98.95, now $84.95. Atlantic Cigar: Nice opportunities on Avo and Cuesta-Rey: • Avo Signature is available at Atlantic for the first time, at terrific savings: > Robusto (5 x 52), $59.40 for the box of 10; > Double Corona (7 x 50), 10 for $71.50; > Lonsdale (6 1/4 x 43), 10 for $53.90; > Belicoso (6 x 48), 10 for $56.65. • Cuesta Rey, including the terrific Centro Fino Sungrown series: > Cabinet Selection No. 47 (4 3/4 x 50), was $80.13 in the box of 25, now $77.13, the best price we have seen; > Cabinet No. 1884 (6 1/4 x 42), was $82.48 for 25, now $78.89; > Centenario Belicoso No. 11 (4 7/8 x 50), was $39.95 for 10, now $34.49; > Centenario Robusto No. 7 (4 1/2 x 50), was $34.95 for 10, now $30.42; > Centro Fino Captiva (6 1/4 x 42 in tubes), was $73.42 for the box of 20, now $70.22; > Centro Fino Churchill No. 1 (7 x 49), 10 for $39.18; > Centro Fino Belicoso No. 11 (4 7/8 x 50), 10 for $34.80. BestCigarPrices.com: Nice opportunities on two respected brands: • Dunhill Valverdes (5 1/2 x 42), rarely in sale, was $98 for the box 25, now $90; • El Rey del Mundo Rectangulares (5 5/8 x 46), a marvelous, rich cigar in boxes of 20, now $48.00, lowest we’ve seen. Famous Smoke Shop: Good values, just not as many as we usually see from Famous: • Ambrosia Mother Earth (6 x 50), was $109.95 for the box of 24, now $89.95, one of the lowest prices we’ve seen. • Arturo Fuente in two sizes which windshield-wiper between their standard price and a nice discount: > Privada No. 1 (6 3/4 x 44), in boxes of 25, down to $79.95, from $90.95; > Spanish Lonsdale (6 1/2 x 42), in boxes of 25, now $72.95, from $80.95. • El Rico Habano in a rare sampler pack, in the Torpedo shape (6 x 54) in five-packs, now $25.95, a great way to try this brand. • Fonseca 10-10 (7 x 50), mild and under-appreciated in boxes of 24, were $71.95, now $66.95. • Indian Tabac Vintage, a wonderfully-balanced cigar from Rocky Patel: > Vintage 1990 or 1992 Churchills (7 x 48) in the box of 20, was $150, now $134.95; > Vintage 1990 or 1992 Churchill Tubos (7 x 48) in a box of 10, was $90, now $80.95; > Vintage 1990 or 1992 Robusto (5 1/2 x 50) in a box of 20 was $130, now $116.95. • Partagas Spanish Rosado Rositos (4 1/2 x 50) at $1 an inch: $178.95 for the box of 40 ($4.40 each) or in a rare sampler pack of five for $22.95 ($4.59). Finally, one of the best tasters we’ve seen, from Carlos Toraño, regularly $21.95, now $14.95 for five different tastes of Toraño: > Toraño Cameroon 1916 Robusto (5 1/2 x 52); > Toraño Exodus 1959 Robusto (5 x 52) > Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver Robusto Corto (4 7/8 x 52); > Toraño Signature Robusto with a maduro wrapper (5 x 52), and > Vueltabajo Robusto (4 3/4 x 52), introduced by Toraño in 1994 and consistently delicious, even though it’s not as high-profile as it was during the Cigar Boom. Try it . . . you’ll like it. ~ Rich Perelman
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