Half-smoked cigar that Churchill stubbed out as he heard the Nazi army had reached Leningrad is sold for £4,500
Last updated at 11:11 PM on 30th January 2010

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Cigar fan: Sir Winston Churchill

A cigar half-smoked and stubbed out by Sir Winston Churchill during the Second World War has sold for 15 times the expected price at auction.
The four-inch stub was predicted to fetch £300 to £350 but an anonymous collector from Hertfordshire paid £4,500 for it at a sale in Aylsham, Norfolk.
The cigar was left by Churchill as he dashed off for a Cabinet meeting on August 22, 1941 – the day the Germans reached Leningrad in Russia.
Whitehall valet Nellie Goble took the cigar from an ashtray when she was cleaning up. She sent it as a gift to a friend, named only as Jack, with a note she wrote on No10 notepaper.
It read: ‘Just a small souvenir to remind you at some future date of one of the greatest men that ever lived in England.’
Jack kept the cigar and note until his death in 1987. His daughter tucked it in a draw until deciding to sell.
The cigar was stubbed out on the day the advancing German army reached Leningrad, leading to a historic siege.

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Stub: The half-smoked cigar with the letter that was wrapped around it

The stub was bought by a private collector at a sale in Aylsham