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12-20-2017, 07:38 PM | #1 |
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Major score today
Major score today. Full box of Dunhill, sealed box of La Corona and some vintage Partagas. (and there are more where these came from.) BTW - the La Corona were made in Trenton. The customs label says imported from Cuba and hand rolled with long filler. I may have hit the jackpot!
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12-20-2017, 08:01 PM | #2 |
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12-20-2017, 08:43 PM | #3 |
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Thank you! Only one way to find out!
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Interesting...enjoy!!
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12-21-2017, 11:34 AM | #5 |
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Thanks guys. I am learning a lot of new things. For one, the La Coronas, while being rolled in Tampa, are not clear Havanas at all. They are 100% Cuban hand rolled long filler. The La Corona factory had problems in Cuba and could not work them out so in 1932 they moved the entire factory to Trenton, NJ. They had the tobacco shipped in from Cuba but everything else was done in Trenton. All La Coronas of the time period were Cuban and rolled by Cubans. I like the sound of that.
And I discovered this about the Dunhills - They were called La Flor del Punto. Very little is known about this Dunhill-exclusive brand. It is believed to have been introduced sometime in the 1970s and produced in the Partagás Factory. Sounds promising! I just found this, about the Dunhills (La Flor del Punto) "After the Revolution, Dunhill's unique relationship with Cuban cigars would continue with the Communist government's tobacco monopoly, Cubatabaco. Dunhill was given the exclusive rights to three different brands: Don Cándido, its own Don Alfredo, and La Flor del Punto, plus the numerous Selección Suprema sizes produced by the marques that had survived nationalization."
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12-21-2017, 05:01 PM | #6 |
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Trenton I would have never guessed. New Orleans was a big city for cigar making. Given it's proximity to Cuba and being a major port, that makes some sense.
My problem with vitolas that old, I'd be too afraid to smoke them and ruin the auction value.
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Among the cigar factories in (Trenton) was the Henry Clay and Bock Company, which made La Corona and other cigars out of Cuban tobacco. Winston Churchill was a loyal customer.
Check this link out for more information about the Trenton cigar factories - http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/ny...-industry.html And check this out - this is what I have - https://www.cigar.com/p/la-corona-c-...igars/1491082/
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12-21-2017, 08:23 PM | #9 |
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same goes with really old wine, it is collected but usually not to be drunk. I would think the same would hold for cigars. Still collected long after they are smokable. But we all get to spend our money the way we want to spend it.
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Update - I was able to send messages with photos to two of the Hong Kong guys, hopefully they will write back.
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