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First of all (of course) plan to age/lay down cigars you enjoy. Then consider "investment" potential; limited production, rarity etc.
I mainly buy singles, and I only have about a dozen complete boxes some of which have a fairly small potential in terms of possible re-selling, but are for enjoying later - couple of boxes of monte sublimes, couple of siglo 6 cabs, Trinidad fundadores, Robustos Extra, Robustos T, Ingenios, Cohiba lanceros.... these are cigars I particularly enjoy and plan to smoke anyway. To me, there's no question cigars with some age on them are better.
But I have some which I may (if I feel like it when the time comes) sell on because they will undoubtedly have increased in 'value', these include a box of each of the Behike line, 10 siglo 6 Gran reserva, 30-odd PL magnificos, Edmundo Dante's, various RE releases.... the Behikes, planned to be an ongoing line, are slightly different but I reckon that these original first releases will become sought-after much like the original 2003 siglo 6's are now (of course they're likely to be a great smoke in a few years time anyway)
To me it's part of the fun knowing you can smoke 'em, or decide to trade/sell should you be so inclined in 5-10 years (or whatever). I always plan to smoke them at some point, but you never know what the future holds.
Also, thinking about cigars like this makes sense; you spend, for example, c.?1000 on Gran Reserva's now, how much could you expect to get for them down the line....?
Many would say it's an insane price for a cigar, but I'd say in response "how much do you reckon your I-Pad/Phone/Mac/3D TV will be worth in 6 months time let alone 5 years?" True, you buy said gadget for it's usefulness now not for it's resale value, but it kind of puts the high price of cubans in some perspective; at least their potential value is appreciating rather than depreciating (works for me anyway!)
I do the same thing with whisky too by the way.....
I mainly buy singles, and I only have about a dozen complete boxes some of which have a fairly small potential in terms of possible re-selling, but are for enjoying later - couple of boxes of monte sublimes, couple of siglo 6 cabs, Trinidad fundadores, Robustos Extra, Robustos T, Ingenios, Cohiba lanceros.... these are cigars I particularly enjoy and plan to smoke anyway. To me, there's no question cigars with some age on them are better.
But I have some which I may (if I feel like it when the time comes) sell on because they will undoubtedly have increased in 'value', these include a box of each of the Behike line, 10 siglo 6 Gran reserva, 30-odd PL magnificos, Edmundo Dante's, various RE releases.... the Behikes, planned to be an ongoing line, are slightly different but I reckon that these original first releases will become sought-after much like the original 2003 siglo 6's are now (of course they're likely to be a great smoke in a few years time anyway)
To me it's part of the fun knowing you can smoke 'em, or decide to trade/sell should you be so inclined in 5-10 years (or whatever). I always plan to smoke them at some point, but you never know what the future holds.
Also, thinking about cigars like this makes sense; you spend, for example, c.?1000 on Gran Reserva's now, how much could you expect to get for them down the line....?
Many would say it's an insane price for a cigar, but I'd say in response "how much do you reckon your I-Pad/Phone/Mac/3D TV will be worth in 6 months time let alone 5 years?" True, you buy said gadget for it's usefulness now not for it's resale value, but it kind of puts the high price of cubans in some perspective; at least their potential value is appreciating rather than depreciating (works for me anyway!)
I do the same thing with whisky too by the way.....
Do you have a full closet/wardrobe size humi ? 
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