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Lot 1228: Playboy Magazine Single Owner 1950s Complete Run
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Complete run that begins with the rarest of all, issue #2 (January, 1954) and is 100% complete right to December 1960. That is a total of 83 issues missing only of course March, 1955 which was never published. This collection includes a rare letter that this single owner Al Castillo received in 1969 from Playboy Clubs International explaining that Mr. Castillo did indeed have a complete collection as this issue was never published! Overall excellent condition with some beautiful issues. Would grade even higher but he has added the year on a couple of the later years to identify them in small ink on cover. All centerfolds are complete and a wonderful collection to have. Includes all the important issues including the Bettie Page centerfold, Gina Lollobrigida, Stella Stevens, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe and more. You can always get a #1 (there is one in this very auction), it is these that are the true rarities and so time consuming to put together.
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