A final cigar was returned to the manufacturer (Image: BBC)
Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum welcomed a guest on the BBC show who had an item that was linked back to Winston Churchill prior to his death. A cigar was placed on a cushion as Marc said to the guest: "What more epitomises Sir Winston Churchill than of course, a cigar?" He then stated that they had in front of them, a Churchill Romeo and Juliet cigar, before asking the guest where it had come from.
She explained: "My father worked for Gallahers tobacco company and they produced the cigars for Winston Churchill. At the time of his death there was a dispatch of 50 cigars on the way him." Upon receiving the cigars, his wife decided to return half of them to Gallahers to distribute around their staff. She continued: "Three of those cigars came to Northern Ireland and my father was given one of them."
The cigar had been ordered for Churchill (Image: BBC)
However, while Marc was impressed with the item, he noted that a cigar smoked by Churchill would be far more valuable. He said: "Then you've got a cigar that has his DNA on it, a cigar that he has handled. But yours hasn't been smoked and it hasn't been handled by it, yet it still has a strong connection - it was ordered directly by him."
He continued: "Now these cigars are still made, the same brand, you can get them in several different sizes, this is a full size, you can get them in smaller sizes too." It was explained that today, people can get those cigars for around £50. However, the one she had brought with her still had some value behind it as he priced it at around £4-600 at auction, which the guest said was "very good".
He did note however, that if the cigar had been smoked by Winston Churchill, it would be worth £1.5k-£2k. The guest laughed and then said that the cigar she had wouldn't be going anywhere and would be returned to her son.
The show had featured multiple items all coming from Ireland with a special show focusing on Belfast finds. It's common that items relating to Winston Churchill are beloved finds for the Antiques Roadshow professionals, with discoveries including an archive of over 200 letters, cigars, a top hat and a personal paperweight.
A previous cigar which had been forgotten about and was kept in an old box in the attic was valued at a whopping £2,000.
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