• The Year of the Rabbit: The Pl auction at Christies

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    The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection

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    8 December 2010

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    • STEPHEN WAYDA
    Lot 117

    STEPHEN WAYDA

    Shauna Sand, May Playmate of the Month, 1996

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    USD 5,250

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    USD 1,500 - USD 2,500

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    STEPHEN WAYDA
    Shauna Sand, May Playmate of the Month, 1996
    chromogenic print, mounted on gatefold layout board
    initialed by Hugh Hefner and various unknown hands in red wax pencil/pencil/ink (on the mount)
    23 x 11 1/8in. (58.2 x 28.2cm.) (print); 28 x 14 7/8in. (66 x 37.8cm.) (board, overall)

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    Lot Essay

    Affixed on the reverse of the gatefold board is a typed letter to Hugh Hefner, on Playboy Enterprises Inc. headed paper, dated October 12, 1995, detailing voting scores by an internal panel for the proposed centerfold. Ms. Sand scores 87.6/100.

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