The magazinesĪs for the magazines, like anything, the more rare the edition is, the greater the value. The same consignor also had a “Bunny” slot machine, not affiliated with Playboy, but with a similar look, that sold at auction for $255 with buyer’s premium. The machine also had a mechanical Centerfold that opened and closed, along with several other unique playfield mechanisms that revealed beautiful women. Stern Pinball pretty much thought of it all - the pinball machine challenged players to collect Playboy Rabbit Heads, to complete a calendar year of Playmates and experience “Mansion Mania.” Every guy’s dream, right? It generated more than 1,000 online views and we had a lot of interest from bidders who came to preview it and bid live on auction day. What happens next if there is a sale is anyone’s guess, but I would not be surprised if we see an increase in the number of bidders trying to buy up Playboy collectibles now, in anticipation of value going up.Ī few weeks ago, we sold a 2002 Playboy pinball machine manufactured by Stern Pinball for $1,890, including buyer’s premium. I can tell you that Playboy is a brand that does well at auctions. Now, with this latest news that Hefner wants to sell, should collectors sell, too, or should they hang on to their vintage magazines, matchbooks, trading cards, bunny lighters, bunny drink stirrers, mugs and more?ĭare I make a prediction? Doing well at auctions Back then, some collectors questioned if that decision would make their old magazines more valuable. It was a big shock in October 2015 when the magazine announced it would no longer feature fully naked women in its magazines. One of the big stories last week that may have gotten overshadowed by international news and local election news was the fact that Playboy Enterprises is exploring a sale, which could fetch more than $500 million for the entire company, including Hugh Hefner’s famous mansion. The magazine will still feature women in provocative poses, but they will no longer bare all when the March issue is released, according to the magazine.Collecting Treasures: With the latest news that Hugh Hefner wants to sell, should collectors sell, too, or should they hang on to their vintage items? So we say: Why stop now," staff wrote in an online post in October. Our journalism, art, photos and fiction have challenged norms, defied expectations and set a new tone for decades. The company noted in October that it may be a "risk" to go "non-nude.” The first issue of Playboy was published in 1953, and featured Marilyn Monroe on the cover. "I was painfully shy before, but then it clicked in my head that nobody cares what you look like naked except you," she told the magazine. "People are more concerned about themselves and their own flaws." While Anderson may seem like a natural now, she said she was "nervous and throwing up" the first time she posed for the magazine. #LastOne /teTeQsmL48- Playboy December 3, 2015 Playboy tweeted a photo of the cover and used the hashtag #LastOne on Thursday. "I said, 'Hef just called, he wants me to do the last cover of Playboy,' and he goes, 'Mom you've got to do it,'" Anderson said.Īnderson recalls that Brandon said, 'We're older, we're not embarrassed anymore by you.
When the company asked Anderson if she would pose for the issue, she said she was concerned that it might bother her sons, Entertainment Tonight reported. She's taking selfies down her shirt, like, you know there's no mystery over there anymore." And the girl next door doesn't exist anymore. "I was like, 'What? Are you serious?' But then I thought that's probably a good thing,'" Anderson told Entertainment Tonight. The cover is Anderson’s 14th Playboy cover and her 15th pictorial for the magazine, according to the magazine.Īnderson told Entertainment Tonight that she found out about the magazine’s plans to robe the playmates from one of her sons. "To close out this era in the magazine’s history, it only made sense to put the most famous Playmate in Playboy history on the cover: Pamela Anderson,” staff wrote on Thursday. According to the magazine, there was only one woman for the historic last nude issue.
The last issue of the magazine featuring nude women will be on stands December 11. Playboy announced in October that the magazine will no longer publish images of fully nude women as part of an editorial redesign.
Pamela Anderson will be on the cover of the last nude issue of Playboy magazine, ending a tradition of centerfolds baring all for the publication.