early 1990s with red-tipped candy cigarettes) (clockwise from left) Box front, box with top opened and candy cigarettes poking out, side of box
the presale estimate was between $10,000 and $15,000
When will asks incredulously why she is willing to pay so much for a pack of cigarettes, April responds that "They don't put as many chemicals in them." He pushes, "So those are healthy cigarettes," and she says, "Something like that." She also tells him, as he holds a pack of Marlboros tightly, "They put saltpeter in your cigarettes, which make them burn faster, which make you smoke more." Clearly, perceived health benefits of natural cigarettes are still rampant in mainstream popular culture, a dangerous misconception.
Though shorn of its gold and jewels during the Tudor sack of the monasteries, the text at least was saved and made its way into the library of Sir Robert Cotton, a gift to him from the clerk of the House of Commons