Puros Y Vino Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Introducing, the most interesting man on FOH! Larger version please!
Lotusguy Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Couldn't have happened to a nicer person - congratulations, Lisa
JohnLeupp Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Greetings old friend. I look forward to sharing your discovery! Very special indeed. Enjoy them in good health.
MrDowse Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 That's an amazing find. Of all the cigars a father could spring on his Cigar loving daughter they don't get much bigger than that How were they stored? Will some time in a humi bring them back after all these years?
ramon_cojones Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 The question is are they still good or have they dried out?
mk05 Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 The question is are they still good or have they dried out? Doesn't matter much in this case from what I had been taught, as cigars are individually celloed, and it looks like the boxes were packed in glassine or wax paper, then kept in cold storage conditions comparable to most London cigars in long term storage. She also just cracked them. They will need to acclimate slowly to ambient, but these should become nothing short of marvelous within 3-6mo.
mk05 Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 So you're saying they're air tight? Lol nothing is air tight. And you know the onus is on the bidder regardless.
PigFish Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Lisa, While speculations and expectations abound my first thought was, "Wow, that could not have happened to a nicer person!" Congratulations. My next thought has nothing to do with cigars. I see the picture of your dad and remember my own, now long gone. Cigars, Matchbox cars, or a game of checkers, dads are wonderful people and your Pop looks like a grand fellow. Tell him so and say it often. Cigars can be replaced, a great Dad cannot! Enjoy them both. Thanks for sharing this great event with the rest of us. Cheers! -Ray
anacostiakat Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Very cool! Congrats Lisa! Enjoy them! Don't forget to thank Dad.
IcedCanuck Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Awesome score Lisa and I'll echo what others have said in that it couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
canadianbeaver Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 Thank you for the great compliments and comments. The cigars seem to be in fine shape, as I did crack one box and take the photos. The cigars are individually wrapped in cello, but unlike NC and other cigars I have seen, the cut ends are open. Interesting! The cigars are soft and appear to still be somewhat moist. They smell great but have lost quite a bit of rich colour you would expect cigars to have. Art tells me these are the Diplomat edition of the Cohiba Lanceros, so the cigars were acquired (1990-1992). The actual date of the cigars may be earlier. They are the same as the regular issue of the time, but the box they are in is what makes them especially collectible. That is probably why my dad has them. At that time he was the Minister of Trade and Technology for Ontario, going on trade missions all over the world. Later he was the Solicitor General, and the Minister of other departments, including being the head of the OPP (government side, not actual police). Maybe of more interest is his brother Jack, of Kwinter Hot Dogs, the best hot dogs in the world!
Mr.T Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 What a find! That is so very cool. Congratulations. Your father has set the bar really, really high!
PigFish Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 His name is Monte Kwinter. My maiden name is Kwinter. Maybe of more interest is his brother Jack, of Kwinter Hot Dogs, the best hot dogs in the world! ... wa, wa, wait a second there! Mods. you had better start to monitor this thread!!! -LOL
canadianbeaver Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 Oh yeah... Hot Dog opinions could get violent!
spivy Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 These are more likely then not just regular Cohiba Lanceros, not diplomatic ones by no means. Prior to 1994 Cohiba Lanceros could came in those boxes. I have a 1995 box that already has the varnished box that we are accustomed to. I used to have a box of 1987s that looked just like those. I would put them in your humidor without the wax paper and not touch them for at least 6 months. Even longer if you can wait. Then I would try one. As for the cello, what do you mean they are cut open? The cello should be about a half an inch longer then the cigar and folded over the back except for one cigar where it is folded over the front of the cigar. This cigar is usually at space 7 (middle of the box) Ed Actually on second thought they could not be from 1990-1992. They have the habanos chevron on them. Also the cigars if you look at the labels have different types of bands. Not a tell tale sign but something to worry about actually. Also the seal should be creased over the center of the crest.
canadianbeaver Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 As for the cello, what do you mean they are cut open? The cello should be about a half an inch longer then the cigar and folded over the back except for one cigar where it is folded over the front of the cigar. This cigar is usually at space 7 (middle of the box) Ed
spivy Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Unfortunately that doesnt look right. Almost 100% certainty that they are not what they are supposed to be.
canadianbeaver Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 Then the auction at Southeby's is not what it is supposed to be? http://www.cigarauctions.co.uk/cohiba-lanceros-p-11957.html http://www.cigarauctions.co.uk/cohiba-lanceros-p-11958.html
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