Habanos Festival 2024

A Cohiba humidor sold for $4.9 million, topping off the most successful auction the Festival has ever seen

BY GREGORY MOTTOLA

Giant humidors of outrageous proportions sat on the upper tier of the stage like a modern art exhibit. Men in tuxedos and women in evening dresses posed in front of them, taking photos, while the rest of the guests below were finding their seats in the smoke-filled room. The orchestra played light dinner music and everyone who saw this lineup of humidors was probably asking themselves the same question: Who would be taking home these over-the-top creations? This was the final evening of the 24th Habanos Festival—the most formal, the most exclusive and certainly the most expensive part of the weeklong affair. The auction not only broke a record for the most money ever raised in one evening it also broke the record for the highest bid on a single lot. All…

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Cigar Aficionado (Digital) - 1 Issue, May/June 2024

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