Mystery cigar
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An unusual item also finished last week: a gift box of cigars bearing the Seal of the President of the United States. A store called “The White House Attic” offered the item, featuring the Presidential Seal in gold imprint on the top of a mahogany box. A full-color Presidential Seal also illustrated the inner lid and each of the 12 cigars inside the box were presented in a glass tube and had a special band, also featuring the Seal.
The seller indicated that the cigars were pre-Clinton, meaning from the Ronald Reagan or George Herbert Walker Bush administrations. The cigars were made by the Illinois-based Pacific Cigar Company, which makes commemorative cigars and boxes for all occasions, primarily from the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.
The box and 12 cigars did well, with a total of five bids and a hammer price of $330.50.
http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/news-views/cigar-news?start=964
i found this.......
The seller indicated that the cigars were pre-Clinton, meaning from the Ronald Reagan or George Herbert Walker Bush administrations. The cigars were made by the Illinois-based Pacific Cigar Company, which makes commemorative cigars and boxes for all occasions, primarily from the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.
The box and 12 cigars did well, with a total of five bids and a hammer price of $330.50.
http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/news-views/cigar-news?start=964
i found this.......
I knew Lewinsky would be brought into this. I had the same thoughts when I received it!
Used google image search for pacific didn't show the same one I have. The mystery continues...
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/corona-cigar-with-presidential-seal-band
this looks like yours haha
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5486803
Presented to Whipple Van Ness Jones owner of Aspen Highlands ski development in Aspen Colorado. Stained Mahogany fitted case with glass top acid etched displaying in full color the American eagle Presidential seal. Olive branch of peace in left talons and thirteen arrows representative of the thirteen original colonies, strength and unity. Surrounded by fifty white stars symbolic of each of our nations states. . Etched border in gold trim 16X10X6 inches with twelve sealed presidential cigars each with the presidents cigar band. Key and presentation ribbon included.
all i can find is auction stuff
this looks like yours haha
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5486803
Presented to Whipple Van Ness Jones owner of Aspen Highlands ski development in Aspen Colorado. Stained Mahogany fitted case with glass top acid etched displaying in full color the American eagle Presidential seal. Olive branch of peace in left talons and thirteen arrows representative of the thirteen original colonies, strength and unity. Surrounded by fifty white stars symbolic of each of our nations states. . Etched border in gold trim 16X10X6 inches with twelve sealed presidential cigars each with the presidents cigar band. Key and presentation ribbon included.
all i can find is auction stuff
I found that top one when I was searching the interwebs. An eBay auction from 2007. I too can only find auction stuff. Good detective work Broadleaf! Hadn't seen the bottom link before.
It doesn't... Don't know when the last time this thing saw a humidor. I doubt it can be saved but it was a nice gesture so I don't want to just throw it away. I'll give it a few months in the humi and see what happens. Worst case scenario, it's a conversation piece.
My buddy had some padron's that were super crusty and dry, 3 weeks in a zip block bag with a foam humi device worked. He checked that the foam was full about every 2 days. Luckily no condensation formed in the bag, i think the cigars were eating it all up. He just kept rotating the sticks until they revived. Took effort but we smoked them about a month ago and they were great.
Good info. Thanks man! Always wondered if they could be brought back from the dead.
Ah, gotcha.