Churchill's Unlit Cigar Proves to Be Smoking Hot

Thursday, June 03 2010

By Terence Neilan, Contributor (AOL News)

Would anyone be expected to pay $3,111 for a Havana cigar in a box simply labeled "Hotel de Paris"? Well, someone did just that today, because it wasn't just any old cigar -- it was one that belonged to Winston Churchill that he never got around to smoking.

Initial estimates for the Cuban cigar by Camacho ranged from $1,500 to $2,200, according to the Christie's London auction company.

But someone was willing to go quite a bit higher to get their hands on part of a wide-ranging collection of Churchill memorabilia that was being sold off by New York publishing executive Steve Forbes....story continues here