Sports Memorabilia, Trading Cards, and Americana May 16'26
Lot 841:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! Collection of 11 Vintage Playboy Magazines, 1968
This lot consists of a near-complete annual run of 11 issues of Playboy magazine from the year 1968. Published by HMH Publishing Co., Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, these standard format periodicals are produced via offset lithography. The collection includes the January, February, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December issues; the March 1968 issue is not present. During this period, the publication featured a combination of high-quality journalism, short fiction from prominent authors, celebrity interviews, and erotic photography depicting artistic nudity.
Key contents include:
January 1968: Holiday Anniversary Issue with literary contributions by Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, and John Cheever, and artwork by LeRoy Neiman and Alberto Vargas.
April 1968: Interview with Senator Charles Percy and a pictorial on Sex in U.S. Films of the Sixties.
May 1968: Features Playmate of the Year Angela Dorian (Victoria Vetri) and an interview with Masters and Johnson.
June 1968: Features The Girls of Scandinavia pictorial and an interview with John Kenneth Galbraith.
July 1968: Features an article by Senator J. William Fulbright and a pictorial on Sex in Foreign Films of the Sixties.
September 1968: Includes a notable interview with filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and a Pigskin Preview football feature.
November 1968: Features an Instant Electorate article by Robert Sherrill.
December 1968: Gala Christmas Issue featuring contributors including Marshall McLuhan, Eldridge Cleaver, and Alan Watts.
Condition report:
The magazines are in good to very good circulated vintage condition consistent with their age. Covers exhibit visible edge wear, corner creasing, and surface scuffing. Light foxing and toning are present on the white backgrounds of the June and November issues. Bindings are generally intact with original staples, though some spines show minor splitting at the upper and lower ends. Interior pages show expected age-toning.
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