April 6, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) — The “Holy Grail” of cigar auctions is within reach. Beginning 12:01am April 7,2012 Empire Cigars will hold an online auction of old and rare cigars, including legendary and near mythical cigars that have been coveted by collectors worldwide.

You will find cigars such as pre-2005 Opus X Belicoso XXX as well as early editions of the Opus X Grand Corona. Also making an appearance is the original Ashton VSG Illusion Round and the 2005 Father’s Day release of the Asian VSG Robusto considered by many to be the rarest (limited production of 1000 sticks) and best VSG ever produced. You will find Padron Milleniums, Camacho Liberty 2002 Churchills and many more.

For a complete listing of current lots, instructions and clever bidding strategies go to empirecigars.net and click on the “Holy Grail”.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.