Up for Auction
Fourteen months after his death at 91, a load of Hugh Hefner’s possessions is up for sale, with proceeds to benefit his civil liberties foundation. Julien’s will wield the paddle Nov. 30 and Dec. 1., preceded by a Nov. 28 VIP showing where the icon’s daughter, Christie Hefner, and widow, Crystal, will appear. Items include Hef’s complete Playboy bound set (estimated to draw up to $40,000), his silk pajamas ($2,000) and a 1946 coin-operated Wurlitzer jukebox that he programmed with original 78 rpm albums by the likes of Artie Shaw, Johnny Mercer and Lena Horne ($20,000). Offerings that showcase Hefner’s collecting impulse (and reveal his inner Rosebud) range from a first edition of The Great Gatsby ($4,000) to a scale model of his childhood home in Chicago…