Humidor w/ copper lining?

Originally Posted by Poronico

I would pick it up... the copper alone is worth more than 50 bucks lol

Bingo!! Copper is very very pricey now a days... So much so that when I was a tower technician we often had people ripping up our copper grounding planes to sell.

I would pick it up and if you didn't like it you could strip the copper out and sell it and get your money back plus some.

Hell strip the copper, buy some cedar and still pocket enough money to make the damn thing close to free.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by coastietech

I would pick it up and if you didn't like it you could strip the copper out and sell it and get your money back plus some.

Interesting. I'm debating doing that. It's a little over an hour away from me.
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[RGD.]

Originally Posted by Kreth

Interesting. I'm debating doing that. It's a little over an hour away from me.
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Now that's just sad. Stripping the copper out of a piece of cigar history -

Yes that is a humidor. Copper was very common as Tom pointed out - in addition to tin, glass, porcelain, enameled metals, etc.

Most people associate Spanish cedar with humidors - but the fact is that for the first couple thousand years, cigars (tobacco products) were stored in simple clay pots and glass jars. Spanish cedar did not become common until the 20th century.

So - you know for $50 bucks you can own a functional piece of history that I'm sure cleaned up would look great in most any room (and sell for a lot more than $50 bucks).


Ron