Smoking related items regain luster

By Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson

Q:This humidor was purchased originally in Grand Rapids, Mich. Since this is an important furniture-producing area, could this piece have been made there? The cabinet is 26 inches tall with a copper-lined interior. What is the value? — S. S., Franklin, Mich.

A: The styling on this tobacco humidor indicates it probably was manufactured sometime between about 1925 and 1935.

The cabinet appears in the photograph to have been made largely from mahogany, but a close examination of the image suggests the door has been covered with bands of some kind of exotic veneer arranged in a diamond shape. This is a very typical type of embellishment for this time period.

At the time this piece was made, smoking was being depicted in the movies as something sophisticated, elegant and romantic. It was part of almost every American home, and there were all sorts of paraphernalia associated with this habit.

....what price was that humidor?

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