The traditional gala dinner wrapped up the XX. Habanos Festival in a night that presented two new sizes in the Partag\u00e1s Maduro line. The Maduro No.2 (55 x 120mm) and the Maduro No.3 (50 x 145mm) joined the Maduro No.1 (52 x 130mm) presented in 2015.<\/p>\n
In a night filled with performances by renowned Cuban artists the highlight was the expected humidor charity auction which raised 1,567,000 euros.<\/p>\n
The first auctioned humidor was the El Rey del Mundo containing 325 cigars, it went for 185,000 euros purchased by Reza Valibalouch, owner of a La Casa del Habano and a Cohiba Atmosphere in Belgium.<\/p>\n
As expected the Cohiba humidor went for the highest value of the night. This unique piece resembling a burning cigar and carrying 550 cigars was purchased by Hamed Abouzahr, Habanos distributor for Andes (Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador), for 340,000 euros.<\/p>\n
For the first time ever, a humidor was auctioned off through \u201cclosed envelopes\u201d where the bidder put the amount he was willing to pay. During the Festival week the humidor was exhibited at the Habanos booth where offers could be placed in a ballot until the closure of the commercial fair on Friday\u2019s noon. The piece was produced by Humidif Group and contains 120 cigars \u2013 20 of each of the six main Habanos brands (Cohiba, Montecristo, Partag\u00e1s, Romeo y Julieta, Hoyo de Monterrey and H. Upmann). The winner of this auction was Alex Wong, from Hong Kong, who also was the highest bidder on the Partag\u00e1s humidor at the Gala. The humidors went for 82,000 and 250,000 respectively.<\/p>\n
The complete list of humidors:<\/p>\n
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\nQuantity of cigars: 325
\nPrice: 185,000 euros
\nBuyer: Reza Valibalouch<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 350
\nPrice: 100,000 euros
\nBuyer: Badar Zeidan<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 370
\nPrice: 150,000 euros
\nBuyer: Hamad Al-Shamisi<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 400
\nPrice: 260,000 euros
\nBuyer: Hamad Al-Shamisi<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 420
\nPrice: 250,000 euros
\nBuyer: Alex Wong<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 445
\nPrice: 200,000 euros
\nBuyer: Hamad Al-Shamisi<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 550
\nPrice: 340,000 euros
\nBuyer: Hamed Abouzahr<\/p>\n
\nQuantity of cigars: 120
\nPrice: 82,000 euros
\nBuyer: Alex Wong<\/p>\n