For decades, gentlemen purchased their cigars in custom-made cabinets of 500-1,000 cigars or more. Different brands competed for the most elegant designs, selling a piece of furniture as much as they were selling cigars and a sensational example was sold on eBay.

A semi-circular cabinet with double doors from the Alvarez y Garcia factory – makers of Romeo y Julieta – circa 1910 is now on auction from a Nashville, Tennessee seller July 14.

This curved cabinet has unique interior glass doors and a set of wooden exterior doors that close over them. The wood doors have the Romeo y Julieta logo on both sides and the top and bottom are exquisitely woodworked. The entire piece stands about 20 inches tall and is 11 inches wide at the back. There is some damage to the wood and a split in the back, but it closes well and is impressive to say the least.

It isn’t cheap, however. It sold for $3,500, but this is a memorable piece of cigar history to be sure.