Question about a cigar box

dohman81

Hi all, new to this forum and glad to be here. I found an old cigar box (cardboard sides and top, wood bottom) at a local boutique and I am wondering if this is collectible and/or of value. I cannot find it anywhere online so I'm wondering if anyone here knows anything about the brand, age etc. I have attached pictures. Any help, information and/or guidance would be most appreciated

Trykflyr_1

City clerk's signature is Phillip R Bourquardez.   He had tge job from 1933 thru 1955 so it's at least that old.   

Wylaff

In the nicest way possible, there is really no value in cigar boxes. Sorry mate.

ShawnOL

Welcome to the forum.  Introduce yourself in the introductions thread.  Lots o stuff here.

Bob_Luken

Your cigar box may not be of great value. Most of us here do not collect boxes. It is however, a nice conversation piece. Tampa was a huge cigar manufacturing town, and your box comes from an era when "presumably" all cigars made in the US were made exclusively with Cuban tobacco. 

Check out this from cigarcyclopedia.com about the floors in the J-R Cigars headquarters store in Whippany, New Jersey.
http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/news-views/cigar-news/1361-the-citadel-of-cigars
The counter looks old school in gently carved wood, and even the floor has a story. It turns out that the floor was from the old Eden Cigar Company factory in Tampa, Florida, which operated from 1901-74, producing Celestino Vega, Henry the Fourth, Eden and La Venga. J-R Cigars president Lew Rothman recalled that the Eden factory was one of the first facilities used by the Fuente family to make cigars, so “you can say that Fuente started on this floor.”

BKDog

It would look great in any man cave. I'm sure somebody out there would be willing to pay maybe a few bucks for the box, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

ShawnOL

I'm sure there are people out there that collect them.  There seems to be a collector for every item out there.