THE FINEST BOUTIQUE CIGARS & ACCOUTREMENTS, AND A CURATED ARCHIVE OF ART, ANTIQUES AND CURIOSITIES.

Principle Cigars

A complex, truly artisanal range of cigars made from aged tobacco selected from private estates. Blended by Darren Cioffi and Hendrik Kelner, Jr.  Sophisticated, vibrant and delicately-balanced.

Vintage & Modern Cigar Accoutrements

A range of quality cigar accessories including ashtrays, cutters and humidors, as well as a curated offering of antique cigar accoutrements.

Cigar Label Artwork

One of the largest dealers and investors in cigar label art since the 1990s, selections from our holdings are now available to the public. Vintage cigar label art represents some of the finest color printing that the world has ever seen. - COMING SOON

Vintage Postcards

Topics including USA and International Views, Artist-Signed, Advertising, Aviation, Railroad, Shipping, Risqué, Patriotic, Holiday, French Fantasy, Groups and More.

Scripophily & Financial Documents

A large offering of antique stocks, bonds and checks from an archive that began in the 1990s.

ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Original vintage works with a special focus on fashion, advertising artwork and hand-drawn postcards.

All produced from the late 1800s through the 1940s, Principle Trading offers a meticulously-curated archive of over 20,000 'Realphoto French Fantasy Postcards' - Some of the finest photography that the world has ever seen, all colored by hand.

The word 'Fantasy,' or 'Fantasie' comes from the fact that while these are photographic images, they are of fantasy, studio-staged situations, rather than slices of actual life.

THE ARCHIVE WILL BE UNVEILED TO THE PUBLIC IN 2018