Playboy #1 CGC 7.0, Rare Page 3 Copy, Signed Hugh Hefner. Marilyn Monroe

Description: Playboy #1 CGC 7.0, Rare Page 3 Copy, Signed Hugh Hefner. Marilyn Monroe CGC Qualified Grade 7.0 Highly sought-after Playboy #1 'Page 3 Copy' (HMH Publishing Co., December 1953) featuring Marilyn Monroe on the front cover and inside. Signed and Certified Huge Hefner signature. Of the three variants of Playboy #1—a newsstand edition, a 'Red Star' copy, and a 'Page 3' copy—the 'Red Star' is considered rarest, followed closely by this 'Page 3' edition; the newsstand edition is much more common. After selling out an initial print run of approximately 50,000 copies, limited by founder Hugh Hefner's start-up budget, additional "first printings" were authorized. The "Page 3" and "Red Star" variations both were published in comparatively small numbers, approximately 2500 copies of each. The Page 3 Copy is so named because unlike the more common newsstand copies, the "3" is actually printed on the page. These were said to actually have been the first copies printed but were largely pulled from circulation almost immediately on Hefner's orders. For page count purposes, the front cover and the inside front cover were counted as pages 1 and 2, meaning the first inside page was considered page 3. It seems Hef did not want to confuse readers into thinking pages 1 and 2 were missing when they noticed a "3" on the first inside page, so his intent was to simply not number that page at all! To Hef's dismay, a conscientious employee "corrected" what he thought was an error and inserted the "3" just before the initial print run! Try as he might, Hefner was unable to retrieve all the original "Page 3" copies, but relatively few survived. The "Page 3 Copy" version comprises less than 10% of the total copies sold of the first issue. Similar unsigned copies have sold north of 40k.

Price: 24000 USD

Location: Charleston, South Carolina

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