retailers wet dream.

[El Presidente]

 

1954 

That is one well stocked store 

 

[SGD316]

What do you estimate the cash value on this today? How many millions? 

[Skeng Don]

hope they are all not machine rolled... lol

[El Presidente]

5 minutes ago, SGD316 said:

What do you estimate the cash value on this today? How many millions? 

$15 M and counting....

[NSXCIGAR]

Keep in mind, all purchasing was done at B & Ms like this in those days--and cigars were at the height of their popularity. I would imagine any well-regarded tobacconist in any large city would have had a comparably large stock. 

You also have hundreds of brands available that any store would had to have kept. No tobacconist could risk running low of any brand as a customer could easily find his cigars at the next shop across town. I'm sure many of these tobacconists were delivering cigars all over the city. Large orders, small orders. And who knows what the supplier situation was then. Bulk discounts for retailers? Minimum purchase amounts? Keeping enough to rotate for aging a year or two?

 

[Toast & Taste]

Forgive my ignorance  - was aging 'a thing' back then?

 

Big Al 

[Puros Y Vino]

Reminds me of this place (don't know location).  I'd say that the cabinets on the floor significantly raise the overall value of the stock. 

[Huckleberry]

Still not nearly enough