Playboy #1 Recently Worth Around $2,000, Now Can Be Worth $10,000’s at Nate’s
To buy, sell or consign the original Playboy #1 featuring Marilyn Monroe, please email [email protected] or call Nate D. Sanders at (310) 440-2982. Thank you.
Playboy #1
Playboy #1 featuring Marilyn Monroe on the cover and in the famous Playboy centerfold until recently was selling around $2,000 each. Then came the CGC grading system and high-grade Playboy examples have rocketed to tens of thousands of dollars. Here is an example that we at Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com) have sold:
Lot #282:
Playboy Magazine First Issue From December 1953
Playboy #1 magazine, December 1953, Volume I, Number I. Landmark issue of Hugh Hefner’s pioneering and controversial men’s magazine, featuring the famous color centerfold of Playboy’s first ”Sweetheart of the Month,” Marilyn Monroe. ”First Time in any magazine / Full Color / the famous Marilyn Monroe Nude” appears on front cover. 42pp. magazine measures 8.5” x 11”. Separation of covers from interior pages. Covers have creasing and wear, more heavy on back cover. Interior pages and nice and tightly bound. Overall great condition.
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To buy, sell or consign the original Playboy #1 featuring Marilyn Monroe, please email [email protected] or call Nate D. Sanders at (310) 440-2982. Thank you.