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Thought my $4000 snipe may have held up, but no such luck!
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Great looking no question...way more flair and color than the tin...I don't recall ever seeing it before and I speculate it's very rare...an over used term but the tin is rare...so I'd at least put a "very" in front of the box! No doubt the same cigar as the tin.
Somehow the way the way the seller wrote the description sounds like he would have been surprised he got $4,270.00 for it:
This is your typical dirty old wooden cigar box BUT boy does it have a surprise! There are Cy Young images pasted on the outside lid , and one edge and the large one inside! The out side is rough with dirty and ragged papers, as you would expect. THE Inside is Half way decent! Nice surprise. Still hinged but delicate. Box is impressed Cy Young and is the five cent variety. This is old. The bottom of box reads Factory no 436 18th district STATE of OHIO etc. etc. You might be able to clean this a bit, but only with gentle work. I am not guaranteeing that. I think this is a one of a kind!
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The Cy Young tin above sold for $4,250.00 in April 2005 in Robert Edward Auctions..and the box brought $4,270 a month shy of seven years later...and like I say it's probably rare-er....It would be very interesting to see the whole collection it went into...or perhaps will end up in...if a dealer or auction won it...
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Cy Young 1867-1955, retired from playing in 1911
I wonder how long they made the Cy Young cigar?...and where it was sold?...regionally or nationally....I would speculate it was marketed in the Boston area..during his time with the Boston Americans where he pitched the first perfect game in American League history in 1904....Although..I can see on the label they were made in Bethesda Ohio by the Sweet Home Company...
AFTER RETIREMENT
From 1912 until his death in 1955, Cy Young lived and worked on his farm. His wife, Robba, whom he had known since childhood, died in 1933. After she died, Young tried several jobs, and eventually moved in with friends John and Ruth Benedum and did odd jobs for them. Young took part in many baseball events after his retirement. In 1937, 26 years after he retired from baseball, Cy Young was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was among the first to donate mementos to the Hall.
On November 4, 1955, Cy Young died on his farm at the age of 88. He was buried in Peoli, Ohio - From Wikipedia
http://www.sportsantiques.com/tins.htm
I think that's the second baseball cigar I've seen that came in both a tin and box...I had the Home Run Cigars box see below...until lost it in a trade for my baseball mirror...it came in both....see more on sports tins on my tins page, link above.
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Lost in trade - Part of package traded for baseball mirror
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Sold for $3,000.00 April 30, 2005 in REA