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Playboy Collectors Cards
Gold Foil Inserts
Lillian Mueller PMOY #1PY-#6PY
Kimberly Conrad (Hefner) #1KC-#KC
Mamie Van Doren #1MD-3MD
Cindy Guyer #1CG-#3CG
Insertion ratio: PMOY cards averaged 1
in 18 packs, celebrity cards were roughly
1 in 9 packs.
December Autograph Cards
Lillian Mueller PMOY 1PY (1300)
Kimberly Conrad Hefner #3KC (1300)
Mamie Van Doren #3MD (1300)
Cindy Guyer #3CG (1300)
Janet Pilgrim 12/55 #6 (1300)
Donna Michelle 12/63 #30 (1300)
Jo Collins 12/66 #33 (1300)
Cynthia Myers 12/68 #45 (1300)
Nancy Li Brandi 12/75 #75 (1300)
Janet Quist 12/78 #92 (1300)
Later Release
Barbara Moore 12/92 #117 [1300]
(Thanks to Brian Chan)
Insertion ratio: One autograph in a box,
one autograph in each box. Odds of
receiving any one card: 1 to 360 packs.
Bonus Gold Card
One Marilyn Monroe card #1MM, a random insert in
boxes (initial estimates were one card in two
boxes, actual insertion ratio looks more like one in
three boxes) This is the only card which can be
related to the first Playboy edition of December, 1953
which can be found in the December Collectors Cards.
This card was also included in all binder sets and
premium sets.
Insertion Ratio: About 1 in 108 packs or
one to a binder set
December Jumbo Cards 3.5" x 5"
Lillian Mueller #3PY Case Topper (1300) auto
Cyndi Guyer #3CG Box Topper (1300) auto
Petra Verkaik #107 Binder set card (1800) **
Kimberly Conrad #1KC Collectors Club (1000) auto
Mamie Van Doren #2MD Collectors Club (1000) auto
Barbara Moore #116 Collectors Club (1000) auto
** December binders supplied by Playboy Catalog have
been found with Cyndi Guyer box topper cards
replacing the Petra Verkiak card, they are genuine.
Lillian Mueller cards have been reported but not
confirmed.
December Binder set cards
Cover of the Month #67
Photo of the Month #71
Notes: After a long and vexing delay caused by the release
of the Playboy EXPO set and the reorganization of Paradigm,
the December edition was released the second week in
December, 1999. Prices for the December edition increased
at the dealer level by 10 to 15%. The edition size was cut
from 1000 cases to 750 cases and from 1800 factory sets to
[1300] factory sets. This is the final release by Paradigm
before Playboy transferred the license to Stellar in April
2000.
Several collectors have questioned the absence of cards for
the first edition of Playboy magazine in this release. Aside
from the 1MM card there are no cover or centerfold cards
related to the December 1953 Volume 1 Number 1 issue. The
Paradigm representatives who assembled this edition are no
longer with the company, so the rationale behind the absence
of the December cards is not known. Since this edition has
no preview cards the lack of V1 N1 cards is confusing,
numbering such as 0, 00, and 000 on 12/53 cards could have
preserved the existing numbering system.
The first shipments of December factory binder sets have
an error on the spine, instead of Playboy Collectors Cards,
they have a SuperModels Collectors Cards logo in gold ink.
Later shipments of December binders had this error corrected.
Shade variations on December card numbers are common, the
edition was produced in magenta, but light printing shows
up as pink on some cards, at least 48 cards were affected.
As of late 2001, the December edition was sold out at both
the manufacturer and at some of the major distributors, watch
for prices on this key set to begin to rise.
The Barbara Moore autograph was originally scheduled for
release in this edition, but she did not have the cards done
on time, so Cyndi Guyer cards were substituted. Moore's
cards were later released through distributors such as Blue
Waves. The edition size on the Moore card should be 1300
but there are likely not that many actually released.