LeRoy Neiman 2026 Collector’s Edition Cigars
All profits from this limited-edition luxury cigar collaboration will support arts education in public schools
The LeRoy Neiman 2026 Collector’s Edition President Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. This is the fourth year that America’s oldest family-owned premium cigar maker and the LeRoy Neiman and the Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation have collaborated to create a luxury, handcrafted cigar honoring the late, iconic, cigar-smoking American artist, LeRoy Neiman. Continuing the tradition from previous years, all profits will be donated to support arts education in public schools.
“This year’s edition features LeRoy’s painting, ‘The President’s Birthday,’ which depicts Marilyn Monroe serenading President John F. Kennedy on his birthday at Madison Square Garden in 1962,” said Drew Newman, fourth-generation owner of J.C. Newman. “Jackie Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, among others, are also featured in the painting. We chose this patriotic image because this year is the 250th birthday of the United States.”
“‘The President’s Birthday’ is one of LeRoy’s most luminous works—a painting that captures a singular, electric moment when art, celebrity, and American history converged in one room,” said Tara Zabor, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Executive Director. “LeRoy had an extraordinary gift for being present at the defining moments of our history and translating them onto canvas with an energy that made you feel like you were standing right there beside him. He was fiercely proud of being an American, and his body of work is essentially a chronicle of America at its most iconic—its champions, its cultural giants, its greatest celebrations. His brushwork was a love letter to American life in all its vibrancy and spectacle. With this collaboration, we are honored to see ‘The President’s Birthday’ take on new life and reach new audiences.”
LeRoy Neiman Collector’s Edition cigars are handcrafted at J.C. Newman’s historic El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa, Florida. The 2026 edition is a 6.5” x 56 Toro Grande rolled with a Havana Rosado wrapper, a Florida Sun Grown binder, and a blend of aged filler tobaccos from Latin America. This year’s edition is limited to 15,000 cigars, packed in 750 cabinets of 20 cigars with a suggested retail price of $24 per cigar. J.C. Newman plans to ship these cigars at the beginning of June so that they will arrive in stores before July 4.
Inside each cabinet is an authentic lithograph of “The President’s Birthday.” The image is also wrapped around each cigar. The bottom of each cabinet includes a surprise print of Neiman’s paint-splattered New York City studio floor. All of the packaging was printed by Vrijdag Premium Printing in Holland.
“We have placed this lithograph inside our cigar cabinets to welcome aficionados into LeRoy’s cherished world,” added Zabor. “Every time someone opens the cabinet, they’re getting not just a
LeRoy Neiman 2026 Collectors Edition
6,5″ x 56 Torpedo
WRAPPER: Havana Rosado
BINDER: Florida Sun Grown
FILLER: Latin America
FACTORY: J.C. Newman El Reloj, Tampa, FL
LeRoy Neiman 2025 Collectors Edition
6 1/4″ x 52 Torpedo
WRAPPER: Havana Rosado
BINDER: Florida Sun Grown
FILLER: Latin America
FACTORY: J.C. Newman El Reloj, Tampa, FL
LeRoy Neiman 2024 Collectors Edition
7″ x 50 Churchill
WRAPPER: Havana Rosado
BINDER: Florida Sun Grown
FILLER: Latin America
FACTORY: J.C. Newman El Reloj, Tampa, FL
LeRoy Neiman 2023 Collectors Edition
6″ x 52 Toro
WRAPPER: Havana Rosado
BINDER: Florida Sun Grown
FILLER: Latin America
FACTORY: J.C. Newman El Reloj, Tampa, FL
About J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
Founded in 1895 by Julius Caeser Newman, J.C. Newman Cigar Company is the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in America. J.C. Newman handcrafts premium cigars at its historic El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa, Florida; at the J.C. Newman PENSA cigar factory in Estelí, Nicaragua; and with its longtime partners at Tabacalera A. Fuente in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The Fuente and Newman families founded the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, which supports low-income families in the Dominican Republic with education, health care, vocational training, and clean water.
About the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation
The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation seeks to perpetuate the legacy and philanthropic spirit of LeRoy Neiman, and to advance and share the impact of his life, his ideals and artwork in the U.S. and throughout the world. The Foundation supports organizations that promote the study, improvement and advancement of the arts and provide opportunities for at- risk youth to develop paths to successful futures.
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