InStone 100 - Historic Price Tracking
 

Label historian Sid Emerson has researched the label prices from 1994 (six years before Mike Bianco began the InStone 100)
and would like to share this information with you.

Sid has always been a wonderful ambassador for the hobby sharing his knowledge and helping to educate many new collectors.
Sid always has time to explain things to beginning collectors and he continues to share his expertise with all collectors. We thought
that this information would be of interest to all of you I-100 collectors out there. While we’ve tracked the prices for the set over the years since its inception in 2000, looking over this old price data is quite intriguing. Sid even found an old 1992 price sheet for the
I-100 that he’d worked up based on his best estimates for that year (since there was no price guide for 1992).

As we’ve learned from getting our labels certified from GCLGS (the Global Cigar Label Art Grading Service), many of them are truly not as high a grade as we thought they were. Additionally, over the years, we’ve discovered that some titles we thought were plentiful are becoming increasingly hard to find….or that some don’t seem to come in a grade higher than a VF 6.

At 10 years old, the InStone 100 has truly matured into what we hoped it would become: a set of nice labels that’s attainable for all collectors. We’re excited that there’s chatter on the Forum on Astral, Inc.; that we’re discussed on the Cigar Label blog as well as
on individuals’ personal blogs; and that even large auction houses like Heritage list labels as InStone 100 labels.
 

 

InStone-100 1992
	TITLE	RETAIL			TITLE	RETAIL
1	American Commerce	16		51	La Eva	30
2	American Glory	25		52	La Mia	25
3	American Rattler	30		53	La Normandy	18
4	Andy Gump (O)	150		54	La Sciencia	35
5	Ben-Hur	100		55	La Zoos	22
6	Bessie Green	35		56	Lime Kiln Club	250
7	Best Bower	55		57	Lincoln Bouquet	45
8	The Big Baer Cigar	15		58	Little African	50
9	Black Hawk (PM)	35		59	Little Knicks	15
10	Captain Corker	65		60	Lone Trail	75
11	Checkers	35		61	Lone Wolf	20
12	Chief Joseph	45		62	Los Inmortales	20
13	Club House	150		63	Madame Butterfly	15
14	Colombo-VT	125		64	Majestic	45
15	Contributor	12		65	Manoel the Great	45
16	Croaker	80		66	Michigan	15
17	Cuban Cousin	35		67	Milwaukee Athletic Club	25
18	Cupid’s Best	25		68	Monkey Brand	35
19	Cupids Web	35		69	Montana Sport	25
20	Daily Habit	17		70	Motorist	30
21	Daniel Defoe	55		71	National Sportsman	12
22	Dante	45		72	Neptuno	45
23	Dick Custer	9		73	Old Judge	60
24	Edsonia	75		74	Old King Cole	75
25	El Gaurdo	15		75	Overland (early version)	40
26	El Veedor	12		76	Paid in Full	30
27	Enterprise (McNeils’)	25		77	Pappoose	80
28	Farragut	17		78	Picant (O)	40
29	Fellow Citizen	125		79	Piper Heidsieck	30
30	Fifty Little Orphans	15		80	Prairie King	100
31	First Flag	20		81	Red Cloud	20
32	First National	18		82	Red Dandies	55
33	Forest	80		83	Rex Aguilla	6
34	Frazzle	10		84	Rip Van Winkle	30
35	Frontier 1846	125		85	Round-Up (with dream)	9
36	Gettysburg Commanders	40		86	Royal Blue (O-with flags)	18
37	Gold Hunter	65		87	Royal Tigerettes	35
38	Greater Columbia	70		88	Silver Lace	30
39	Greenbacks (O)	35		89	Snow Belle	110
40	Havana Post	9		90	Stier Head	20
41	Hey Yea (Hughie Jennings)	400		91	Sunset Club	50
42	Honest Yankee	45		92	Susquehanna	15
43	Hummer	20		93	Two Wheelers	25
44	Hunter’s Prize	35		94	Vaudeville Sports (O)	10
45	Jack Necker	18		95	White Elephant	35
46	Jano	18		96	White Thief	16
47	Judge Best	14		97	Wide-Awake	20
48	King Coal	30		98	William Wells	50
49	Kyra	12		99	World’s Greatest Flyer	30
50	La Balca	6		100	Zurica	15
InStone-100 1994
	TITLE	RETAIL			TITLE	RETAIL
1	American Commerce	16		51	La Eva	30
2	American Glory	25		52	La Mia	25
3	American Rattler	38		53	La Normandy	18
4	Andy Gump (O)	150		54	La Sciencia	33
5	Ben-Hur	75		55	La Zoos	23
6	Bessie Green	35		56	Lime Kiln Club	263
7	Best Bower	55		57	Lincoln Bouquet	45
8	The Big Baer Cigar	18		58	Little African	52
9	Black Hawk (PM)	25		59	Little Knicks	17
10	Captain Corker	21		60	Lone Trail	350
11	Checkers	35		61	Lone Wolf	21
12	Chief Joseph	45		62	Los Inmortales	30
13	Club House	50		63	Madame Butterfly	18
14	Colombo-VT	150		64	Majestic	45
15	Contributor	10		65	Manoel the Great	45
16	Croaker	100		66	Michigan	15
17	Cuban Cousin	24		67	Milwaukee Athletic Club	27
18	Cupid’s Best	25		68	Monkey Brand	36
19	Cupids Web	35		69	Montana Sport	25
20	Daily Habit	13		70	Motorist	32
21	Daniel Defoe	50		71	National Sportsman	12
22	Dante	60		72	Neptuno	45
23	Dick Custer	11		73	Old Judge	60
24	Edsonia	88		74	Old King Cole (TW)	75
25	El Gaurdo	16		75	Overland (early version)	40
26	El Veedor	13		76	Paid in Full	48
27	Enterprise (McNeils’)	25		77	Pappoose	40
28	Farragut	22		78	Picant (O)	25
29	Fellow Citizen	94		79	Piper Heidsieck	27
30	Fifty Little Orphans	11		80	Prairie King	93
31	First Flag	16		81	Red Cloud	22
32	First National	18		82	Red Dandies	48
33	Forest	48		83	Rex Aguilla	16
34	Frazzle	27		84	Rip Van Winkle	33
35	Frontier 1846	118		85	Round-Up (with dream)	11
36	Gettysburg Commanders	43		86	Royal Blue (O-with flags)	24
37	Gold Hunter	65		87	Royal Tigerettes	85
38	Greater Columbia	47		88	Silver Lace	27
39	Greenbacks (O)	35		89	Snow Belle	42
40	Havana Post	14		90	Stier Head	19
41	Hey Yea (Hughie Jennings)	650		91	Sunset Club	50
42	Honest Yankee	45		92	Susquehanna	15
43	Hummer	23		93	Two Wheelers	21
44	Hunter’s Prize	35		94	Vaudeville Sports (O)	10
45	Jack Necker	22		95	White Elephant	65
46	Jano	26		96	White Thief	65
47	Judge Best	18		97	Wide-Awake	26
48	King Coal	33		98	William Wells	39
49	Kyra	20		99	World’s Greatest Flyer	33
50	La Balca	9		100	Zurica	17
InStone-100 1995
	TITLE	RETAIL			TITLE	RETAIL
1	American Commerce	33		51	La Eva	30
2	American Glory	25		52	La Mia	25
3	American Rattler	65		53	La Normandy	30
4	Andy Gump (O)	93		54	La Sciencia	50
5	Ben-Hur	75		55	La Zoos	29
6	Bessie Green	72		56	Lime Kiln Club	263
7	Best Bower	55		57	Lincoln Bouquet	60
8	The Big Baer Cigar	22		58	Little African	55
9	Black Hawk (PM)	35		59	Little Knicks	24
10	Captain Corker	40		60	Lone Trail	270
11	Checkers	35		61	Lone Wolf	21
12	Chief Joseph	45		62	Los Inmortales	27
13	Club House	50		63	Madame Butterfly	21
14	Colombo-VT	100		64	Majestic	45
15	Contributor	20		65	Manoel the Great	65
16	Croaker	100		66	Michigan	23
17	Cuban Cousin	50		67	Milwaukee Athletic Club	32
18	Cupid’s Best	30		68	Monkey Brand	36
19	Cupids Web	38		69	Montana Sport	26
20	Daily Habit	15		70	Motorist	33
21	Daniel Defoe	75		71	National Sportsman	12
22	Dante	145		72	Neptuno	45
23	Dick Custer	13		73	Old Judge	53
24	Edsonia	88		74	Old King Cole (TW)	263
25	El Gaurdo	17		75	Overland (early version)	60
26	El Veedor	17		76	Paid in Full	50
27	Enterprise (McNeils’)	25		77	Pappoose	40
28	Farragut	23		78	Picant (O)	25
29	Fellow Citizen	250		79	Piper Heidsieck	38
30	Fifty Little Orphans	12		80	Prairie King	225
31	First Flag	15		81	Red Cloud	22
32	First National	18		82	Red Dandies	65
33	Forest	80		83	Rex Aguilla	16
34	Frazzle	44		84	Rip Van Winkle	33
35	Frontier 1846	150		85	Round-Up (with dream)	11
36	Gettysburg Commanders	50		86	Royal Blue (O-with flags)	22
37	Gold Hunter	65		87	Royal Tigerettes	114
38	Greater Columbia	45		88	Silver Lace	38
39	Greenbacks (O)	35		89	Snow Belle	150
40	Havana Post	13		90	Stier Head	19
41	Hey Yea (Hughie Jennings)	525		91	Sunset Club	65
42	Honest Yankee	88		92	Susquehanna	17
43	Hummer	38		93	Two Wheelers	23
44	Hunter’s Prize	35		94	Vaudeville Sports (O)	13
45	Jack Necker	50		95	White Elephant	65
46	Jano	45		96	White Thief	275
47	Judge Best	18		97	Wide-Awake	27
48	King Coal	33		98	William Wells	125
49	Kyra	19		99	World’s Greatest Flyer	31
50	La Balca	11		100	Zurica	17
InStone-100 1996
	TITLE	RETAIL			TITLE	RETAIL
1	American Commerce	35		51	La Eva	45
2	American Glory	45		52	La Mia	65
3	American Rattler	65		53	La Normandy	37
4	Andy Gump (O)	121		54	La Sciencia	55
5	Ben-Hur	110		55	La Zoos	35
6	Bessie Green	72		56	Lime Kiln Club	275
7	Best Bower	55		57	Lincoln Bouquet