The value of cigar ephemera is "definitely going up, and has been steadily," says John In his article "Ephemera Collecting-A Growing Field, Hard toĭefine" ( AB Bookman's Weekly, 1998), John Dann, the director of the University of Michigan'sĬlements Library and an admitted collector of ephemera himself, writes that ephemera "documentsĮveryday life, particularly that of the average men and women in the past, perhaps moreĮffectively than traditional collectibles." Shop owners or just plain cigar lovers looking to decorate their home smoking lounge.Ĭigar signs fall into the collector's category called ephemera, everyday, throwaway items that Many have been sold, some forĪs little as $5 on Internet auction sites such as eBay or Yahoo Auctions, to collectors, retail Says Eckles, has more than quadrupled in value in the last 15 years alone.Ĭollectors have a growing appreciation for vintage cigar signs. Advertising art from the 1800s to early 1900s, Seen advertising art in general come into its own. Cigar advertising has soared in value in recent years, part of a trend that has Like a spoon found on the dusty floor of an Egyptian pyramid, yesterday's trash has become Paying top dollar for rare and unusual cigar signs." The Davy Crockett piece is among the best-theġ906 ad sold for $33,000 at an auction in April, a record for Eckles. Other vintage advertising art and casino paraphernalia for 10 years. Says Michael Eckles of Showtime Auction Services, who has been auctioning vintage cigar signs and "Cigar signs are like fine art that you would hang on the wall and enjoy like a Rembrandt," Then go ahead." Is it propaganda?Īn advertisement? Could it be art? Maybe it is all of the above-and worth more than you Writing: "Smoke Davy Crockett-Best 5 Cent Cigar." Underneath is the famous Crockett motto: "Be Brush away more of the dust around the oval-framed image and you can make out some ![]() Grizzled and soiled like a soldier's, is smiling and clean-shaven like a dandy's. He's wearing aįox pelt cap, a buckskin coat and a tiny red scarf that peeks out from his neck. Smoke trails from the cigar clamped in the corner of his mouth. The dust and Davy Crockett emerges from beneath the grime, charging against a crisp blue sky with ![]() Reprinted from the December 2006 issue of Cigar Aficionado magazineĬleaning out the family attic, you bump into an old picture stashed in a dark corner.
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