BOSTON — A cigar half-smoked by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a 1947 trip to Paris has sold for just over $12,000 during an online auction. Boston-based RR Auction said the 4-inch cigar was bought Wednesday by a collector from Palm Beach, Florida. The auction company said Churchill smoked the cigar on May 11, 1947, at Le Bourget Airport.
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, Portland Press Herald
Thu, 10/12/2017 - 3:57pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Maine Cumberland County Portland
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