Hermann Goering Cigar collection ?1,200

[ValeTudoGuy]

So spill the beans, was it one of you guys who got your mitts on these?
Mind I bet their dry as hell by now!

[Gary]

Considering who he was they should have just been binned!

[sheppsea]

It just strikes me as a strange thing to buy, I would imagine they are more of a collector's item rather than something to smoke, but who wold to put a Nazi's box of cigars in display? Unless they plan on donating it to a museum, but even then it would be a little strange to see them on display in a museum

Was G?ring even a particularly renowned cigar smoker?

[ValeTudoGuy]

I'm not sure what could be gained from binning history. Regardless of how awful his actions were, it is important that historic items be kept.... Lest we forget, does not just apply to the good guy's. In fact I think it's possibly more important we remember the bad folk even more to make sure history is never repeated.

I find a sweet irony in the collecting and profit of Goering's belongings as it's precisely what he is renown for doing with the belongings of wealthy Jews during the war.

[butternutsquashpie]

only $2000 dollars!? I've a mate who collects Nazi bollocks (now if only they didn't rot, I could take that literally) and he would've paid double that!

With his mind (and my habit of not holding onto fascist memorabilia) I would buy that and auction it meself!

However, yes. I concur 100%. Lest we forget ain't just for the good guys.

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[Gary]

I completely agree with what your saying here in that history of all types should be remembered, but as was said above, I too find it a little unusual that someone would want to collect this sort of this, but sure who am I to tell someone else what to spend their money on!

I'm not sure what could be gained from binning history. Regardless of how awful his actions were, it is important that historic items be kept.... Lest we forget, does not just apply to the good guy's. In fact I think it's possibly more important we remember the bad folk even more to make sure history is never repeated.

I find a sweet irony in the collecting and profit of Goering's belongings as it's precisely what he is renown for doing with the belongings of wealthy Jews during the war.

[monkey66]

I completely agree with what your saying here in that history of all types should be remembered, but as was said above, I too find it a little unusual that someone would want to collect this sort of this, but sure who am I to tell someone else what to spend their money on!

This.

I am all for remembering but I simply don't understand private individuals collecting souvenirs of genocide. Quite different to a museam for instance.

I always think they must symphaise/admire the cause to have that shit in their front room.

From my perspective fuck Nazis/raciests/bigots and poveyors of hate and genocide.

[ValeTudoGuy]

It was not my intention to get political, I should have known better that such an emotive subject would naturally head in such a charged direction and for that I apologise.

To get back on subject of cigars, perhaps I could pose a question? Do you think that such old "estate" cigars could ever be revived with any amount of pampering to a point where they may be remotely enjoyable or dare I say it even good?

[Dave K]

Considering who he was they should have just been binned!

....and perhaps that's precisely the buyers intention

[monkey66]

To get back on subject of cigars, perhaps I could pose a question? Do you think that such old "estate" cigars could ever be revived with any amount of pampering to a point where they may be remotely enjoyable or dare I say it even good?

Sometimes yes, somtimes no. There have been some significant discoveries of very old cigars, some still smoke and some don't. It is very unlikely that anythink that has sat for decades unprotected or unsealed would be smokable.

[tippexx]

Sometimes yes, somtimes no. There have been some significant discoveries of very old cigars, some still smoke and some don't. It is very unlikely that anythink that has sat for decades unprotected or unsealed would be smokable.

Probably not, but it doesn't really matter as those cigars are about as genuine as my claim to have Adolf's foreskin in an Oxo tin.

Herman wasn't very nice, in fact he was downright unpleasant, but he was epicurean enough not to smoke German shit cigars. Apparently in the run up to WWII he did a JFK, and had German embassy aides purchase thousands of exclusive Cubans from his favourite cigar supplier .... in London.

So, written on the boxes should be 'Dunhill Seleccion' not 'Sondernfertigung Reichsmarschall Herman Goering'.

[Agricola]

I should imagine they were purchased as an investment, put them away and in 20 years you'll get a much higher price. In my opinion Goering spent more time playing on his train set and dressing up in fabulous suits than anything else during WWII. Personally I buy cigars to smoke, those things would probably turn to dust or spontaneously combust the moment they met a naked flame!