Churchill's cigar stub sells for £4,500
A cigar which Winston Churchill left unfinished in 1941 has fetched £4,500 (€5,200) at a sale, auctioneers said.
Auctioneers Keys, of Aylsham, Norfolk, said Churchill abandoned the stub to attend a cabinet meeting.
It was picked up by a Downing Street valet who sent it to a friend with a note jotted on Number 10 writing paper, said staff.
The friend kept the souvenir until his death then the cigar passed to a relative.
Keys said the stub – nearly four inches long – was bought by a private collector at a sale in Aylsham, England.
A spokeswoman said the cigar was expected to fetch around £350 (€400).
In November, a butter dish used as an ashtray by Churchill at the London dining debating club fetched £4,200 (€4,800).
