Sale 2367
New York
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8 December 2010
Price realised
USD 5,250
Estimate
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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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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