First Playboy issue sold in Hefner auction

Updated December 2 2018 - 3:26pm, first published 3:22pm
A red smoking jacket worn by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has fetched $A56,847 at an auction.
A red smoking jacket worn by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has fetched $A56,847 at an auction.

A red smoking jacket worn by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has fetched $US41,600 ($A56,847) at an auction of the late publisher's possessions in Los Angeles, as fans and collectors snapped up such items as his college typewriter and the magazine's first issue.

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