A collection of tobacco pipes that is said to have once belonged to Albert Einstein has been put up for auction, and bidders have already driven the price to more than $20,000. The historic collection ...

CONWAY — How the auction system affected the prices of flue-cured tobacco in Horry County will be the topic of a lecture held at 1 p.m. on Aug. 27 at the Horry County Museum. The presentation is part ...

LORIS, S.C. -- Steve Ivey walked briskly past the pungent bundles of yellow tobacco leaves stacked to one side at the Brick Warehouse here, trailed by a few farmers, tobacco buyers and government ...

After more than four centuries of ubiquity and profits, North Carolina’s tobacco production bottomed out in 2020 to a level not seen in nearly 100 years. Now, the state is down to about 1,300 tobacco ...

They move among the tobacco bales in tandem, their movements appearing almost as synchronized as those of any dance troupe. The warehouse owner sets the opening bidding price: $2. Then the auctioneer ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Tom Lee doesn’t want the Mountain Empire’s tobacco history to go up in smoke. That’s why this associate professor of history at East Tennessee State University has launched a ...

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that tobacco auctions are fast being replaced by direct purchases between cigarette companies and tobacco farmers. Seventy percent of the nation's tobacco was sold under ...

Scenes of Border Belt and Eastern Carolina Market on Opening Day of Tobacco Auctions. August 1942. News & Observer file photo After more than four centuries of ubiquity and profits, North Carolina’s ...