Q-My 12-year-old grandson, Mark, collects cigar boxes and has taken a great interest in them. Is there a book on the subject or some collectors` club he can join? –Grandma Stern, Chicago. A-Cigar ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of producing ...