"Up in Smoke" Cigar Band Museum
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Links to Related Websites
The Cigar Label Gazette
Newsletter devoted to collecting cigar box labels, artwork, and memorabilia.
Cigar Box Labels
Exhibits of selected vintage cigar box labels from a large collection of
tobacco and cigar-related archives at the University of South Florida.
Scott's Cigar Page
Personal cigar-related webpage by Scott Martin of Missouri including exhibits containing
digital scans of dozens of contemporary cigar bands, including many Cuban cigar brands.
Coleccionismo de Vitolas
This is a link to the personal webpage of cigar band collector Adolfo Otaola Carrera
of Madrid, Spain. The text is in Spanish. The pages focus on European "series" cigar
bands and display a selection of cigar bands from his own collection. He has expanded
a collection that he inherited from his father and which was started by his grandfather.
Florencio Gimenez Cabellero Collection
A Spanish collector's on-line exhibition of a variety of cigar bands and cigar
labels. There are fifteen galleries and images of many vintage cigar bands.
Cigar Label Junkie
Chip Brooks has a passion for cigar label art and his website provides excellent
scanned images as well as a good amount of background history and information.
Beware however, the site is graphics-intensive and does require a relatively current
browser. If you are restricted to a 28K or 56K dial-up connection it will be a slow ride.
Homepage of Gerard van Eijk
The homepage of a Dutch collector of cigar bands, with a focus on European
cigar bands. He has expanded a cigar band collection begun by his father.
Worth a visit as an introduction to European collectors. He also provides
addresses and contacts for several cigar band collectors' clubs in Europe.
Die Kleine Zigarrenseite
Part of a German webpage about cigars, this page contains scans of approximately
100 contemporary cigar bands. The website is available in English and German.
National Cigar Museum
An online museum devoted to cigar-related history, memorabilia,
art, and culture. The museum curator is Tony Hyman, noted scholar
and historian of the cigar industry in Cuba, the U.S. and Canada.


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