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Howdy guys can anyone give me info on this cigar box I pick up...





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  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s old, in rough shape, I’m guessing maybe 20’s

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 21,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cuban cigars for $0.15 each....

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    But not more than $0.20

  • VisionVision Posts: 8,612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2021

    La Primadora Havana Cigars had at least 3 locations in NY City from 1910-30 (est.). Looks like a store display. The MS in the middle of the Primadora logo stands for Max Schwarz.

  • IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    May the Shwarz be with you

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    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @IndustMech

    I see the Schwarz is strong in this one

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just outta curiosity @MeloYellow where did you acquire the box?

  • VisionVision Posts: 8,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $0.15 in 1920 is worth $2.05 today. Still not bad.

  • MeloYellowMeloYellow Posts: 3

    @Rdp77 in a little shop in Montclair NJ....

  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's pretty interesting, what size is it?

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  • MeloYellowMeloYellow Posts: 3

    @Yakster 7x7 all the way around

  • 0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MeloYellow said:
    @Yakster 7x7 all the way around

    That was, as @Vision said, a store display box. roughly 1915-mid 1940s
    Most likely, it was one that sat on a counter in a drug store, pub or tobacco store.
    There was one (may not have been that brand) in an old drug store in Montana in the 60s. Probably Boulder, Butte, Livingston or one of those towns. I don't recall.

    I only remember it, because my grandfather used to grab one when we went in to the store.

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