Humidor Auction at 14th Habanos Festival

Source from:  Cigar Journal 03/08/2012

On early Saturday morning a cigar humidor in form of a detailed replica of the "El Laguito" cigar factory, where the renowned Cohiba cigars are rolled, was sold for the price of 360.000 EUR (475.000 USD) at the Traditional Humidor Auction for the benefit of the Cuban Public Health System at the 14th Habanos Festival at Cuba. The Traditional Humidor Auction. During the last week, the 14th Festival de Habano in Havana, the world's largest cigar festival took place. At the closing event, six custom-made humidors by Cuban artists were auctioned off. The Cohiba humidor got the highest bid and was purchased by an Italian, who wished to remain anonymous. The humidity in the humidor is regulated with the new microprocessor controlled adorini cigar humidifiers, which apply a new generation of high-precision capacitive sensors and maintain a constant humidity level of 70% in the humidor. At the touch of a button a remote-controlled hydraulic system opens the humidor allowing access to 23 drawers filled with 520 Cohiba cigars, including some which have been rolled exclusively for this humidor and are not offered anywhere else. The very same adorini electronic humidification system is used in other Adorini Humidors at the very affordable price of 159 EUR. Adorini is an internationally recognised supplier of high-quality humidors and cigar accessories. Since 1999, adorini has become one of the leading humidor brands worldwide. More than 400 distributing partners within 37 countries guarantee a global presence of the adorini collection in tobacco-specialty shops. Enditem