Box purportedly owned by Argentinian guerrilla who helped Fidel Castro seize power in Cuba was to be auctioned – until his family disputed its provenance When a Cuban cigar box purportedly owned by Ernesto “Che Guevara was due to move up for sale at a British auction house last month,it appeared to be not just a piece of history but a partial repudiation of the revolutionary icon’s reputation for austerity.
But the planned sale by Mullock’s, with a price tag for £12000 ($17000) sale by Mullock’s was scuppered by the Cuban institute responsible for safeguarding Guevara’s legacy, or which claims the item was not one of his possessions.
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Source: theguardian.com