{"id":35758,"date":"2018-12-08T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=35758"},"modified":"2018-12-05T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T22:26:24","slug":"hugh-hefners-copy-of-marilyn-monroes-playboy-is-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/hugh-hefners-copy-of-marilyn-monroes-playboy-is-up-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Hefner&#8217;s Copy Of Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s Playboy Is Up For Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/hugh-hefners-copy-of-marilyn-monroes-playboy-is-up-for-1830709869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--uxIEACUD--\/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800\/j14wuvur45v2x95rbvcs.jpg\" width=\"362\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Jezebel (via AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hugh Hefner&#8217;s legacy lives on in the form of one of his most prized possessions: the original <i>Playboy<\/i> with Marilyn Monroe on the cover. The auction site Julien\u2019s is selling off Hefner\u2019s personal copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/hugh-hefners-copy-of-marilyn-monroes-playboy-is-up-for-1830709869\">first-ever issue of\u00a0<i>Playboy<\/i><\/a>\u00a0featuring a nude Marilyn Monroe, and it\u2019s expected to sell for anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000. Monroe first posed nude for the photos in 1949 \u201cwhen she was desperate for a $50 paycheck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several years later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/hugh-hefners-beloved-copy-marilyn-monroes-playboy-issue-expected-fetch-5k-auction-180604001.html\">Hefner bought the photos for $500<\/a> and published them in 1953 in the first issue of\u00a0<i>Playboy<\/i>. The issue sold almost 50,000 copies and helped launch his empire. Not surprisingly, before Hefner died, he purchased\u00a0the crypt next to Monroe\u2019s for $75,000, and said, \u201cI will be spending the rest of my eternity with Marilyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Got a <i>Seven Year Itch<\/i>? Come <i>play<\/i> with us here at <a href=\"https:\/\/niteflirt.com\">NiteFlirt<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Check out more about Hugh Hefner&#8217;s copy of Playboy featuring Marilyn Monroe up for auction:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/hugh-hefners-copy-of-marilyn-monroes-playboy-is-up-for-1830709869\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jezebel.com\/hugh-hefners-copy-of-marilyn-monroes-playboy-is-up-for-1830709869&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1543681721442000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0VRpyXG1G6iUCYOJox1eEY9vdDw\">https:\/\/jezebel.com\/hugh-<wbr \/>hefners-copy-of-marilyn-<wbr \/>monroes-playboy-is-up-for-<wbr \/>1830709869<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Hefner&#8217;s legacy lives on in the form of one of his most prized possessions: the original Playboy with Marilyn Monroe on the cover. The auction site Julien\u2019s is selling off Hefner\u2019s personal copy of the first-ever issue of\u00a0Playboy\u00a0featuring a nude Marilyn Monroe, and it\u2019s expected to sell for anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000. 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