A cigar half-smoked by legendary British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is set to be sold at auction close to 80 years after it was first lit. The cigar was gifted to Hugh Stonehewer-Bird, a consul ...

WHAT: When Winston Churchill’s half-smoked cigar brought $12,162 in a sale of Fine Autographs and Artifacts at RR Auction this month, we suspect the buy was a trophy capture by an avid collector. What ...

A cigar smoked by Winston Churchill in 1941 has sold for £4,500. According to Sky News, the politician stopped smoking the cigar because he had to attend a cabinet meeting. What to Read Next A ...

Violet King, an usherette at the London Coliseum, pocketed the half-smoked cigar and safeguarded it for the rest of her life Hansons Auctioneers On January 30, 1953, Winston Churchill and his wife ...

He was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Winston Churchill is remembered in a sale of memorabilia, including his earliest known portrait and a cigar which he gave to an admirer.