Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Some of Playboy magazine's most iconic photos will be auctioned at Christie's in London on December 8. The auction, called "The Year of the Rabbit," features 80 photos that have appeared in the magazine over the past 57 years. This 1988 photo, taken by Herb Ritts of Cindy Crawford is called "Skinsuits." Est. $10,000-15,000.
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

This image of Marilyn Monroe appeared on the first ever Playboy cover in December 1953. It will be auctioned for $10,000-15,000.
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Matthew Rolston's photo of Heidi Montag, cover, Sept. 2009. Est. $5,000-7,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Tom Wesselmann, Mouth #8, oil on canvas, 77 x 94 inches, Painted in 1967.
$2,000,000-3,000,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Photographer Unknown, Brigette Bardot, cover, March 1958, Gelatin silver print
Sitter credit and sate in pencil (on the verso). 11 ¾ in. x 9 in. $4,000 -6,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Stephen Wayda, Jerry Seinfeld, November 1993, Four chromogenic prints, Est. $7,000-9,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Larry Rivers, Plexiglas Playmate, Plexiglas, Executed in 1967, $60,000 ? 80,000
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Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Stephen Wayda, Pamela Anderson and Dan Aykroyd, February 1993, 2 chromogenic prints each 11 1/8 x 10 ¾ in. $5,000-7,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Antoine Verglas, Carrie Otis, cover, June 2000, Two chromogenic prints, $5,000-7,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Herb Davidson, Portrait of Hugh Hefner, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in. Painted in 1970. $5,000-7,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), Marilyn Monroe as part of Greene's 'The Black Sitting', 1956, Fifteen gelatin prints, $10,000-15,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
Works From The Playboy Corporate Collection Up For Auction

George Segal, Pregnant Woman, Plaster, wood, and canvas, 46 x 23.5 x 32 in. executed in 1967, $100,000-150,000
Christie's Images Ltd. 2010