The Year of the Rabbit: From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy Sells Art at Christie’s

NEW YORK (AP).- A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom was among 125 artworks Playboy magazine offered at Christie’s on Wednesday. It was one of 11 works chosen for “The Playmate as Fine Art” pictorial for the magazine’s January 1967 Playmate review issue that asked artists to create Playmate-inspired art. The nude sold for $266,500, above its presale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000, to an anonymous buyer. This picture provided by Christie’s shows a [...]