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Playboy Collectors Cards
Special Promotional Material
All of the following Material was issued by Private
Collections, Sports Time, or through the Playboy
Catalog. By far, most promotional material related
to the January edition.
January Promo Card Set
A six card set, numbered 6, 74, 102, 107, 113,
115, and stamped Promo in green on the back.
These cards were distributed to dealers in
with promotional items and given away at shows.
They are fairly common and were supplied in a
cellophane wrapper.
January Dealers Promo Card Folder Set
This six card set is identical to the standard
promo card set listed above, but the method of
distribution was different. In this item, sent
to dealers before the release of the January
edition, the cards were supplied a six card
plastic page that was contained in a white
cardboard folder. The folder was stampled in
Silver foil with the legend "Private Collections
Playboy January
edition.
January Autograph Session Promo Sheet
This 8.5 x 11 heavy paper sheet was distributed
to dealers to advertise the release of the January
edition. Luann Lee, Susi Simpson, Rene Tenison,
Jacqueline Sheen, Tawni Cable, and Tanya Beyer
are listed as attending the event. Attendance
probably changed at the actual event as this is
rumored to be the time the January autographs
were actually signed. In fact, only Luann Lee
and Suzi Simpson actually signed autographs for
January (see the January page for the others).
January Presskit
This extremely rare grouping consists of a white
cardboard folder with the legend "The Private
Collection (gold ink) presents PLAYBOY Centerfold
Collectors Cards (black ink). Inside the folder
contains a press release letter on Private
Collections letterhead, the 8 x 11.5" glossy
January sell sheet, a Autograph Session promo
sheet signed by each of the Playmates Luann
Lee, Suzi Simpson, Renee Tennison, Jacqueline
Sheen, Tawni Cable, and Tanya Beyer,and a
Dealers Promo Card Folder set.
January Dealer Sticker set
A large and small sticker distributed in a
cellophane wrapper in promotional material
and at the bottom of certain boxes of
January foil packs. The set was designed
to be placed on store doors or windows,
advertising the foil packs. They are
fairly common.
January Edition White Binder
This binder should not be confused with the
brown binder released by Sports Time. This
4" binder is white, was released by Private
Collections as a special item, and has black
printing on the spine, with the Playboy logo
on the front and with the legend "Playboy
Centerfold Collectors Cards". The binder
was designed to hold three full sets: January,
February, and March. The binder was supplied
with dividers for each month, plastic pages,
and a large January Edition Master Checklist
card, and a brochure--the Playboy Centerfold
Cards Collectors Manual. Complete binder sets
are extremely rare. In late summer 2002,
white binders without the collectors inserts
began showing up on eBay, the binder by itself
can no longer be considered rare.
Dealer Promotional Pack
A mailer promotional set for dealers. This
is an 8-1/2 by 11 sell sheet and a set of
January promo cards, along with a dealer
pricing sheet. The sheet was sent or
distributed folded once, in a white envelope
with other material for the Marilyn Monroe
card set. This pack is fairly rare since
many were distributed but few were saved as
issued.
Display poster January Case Topper
An 11 x 17 poster advertising the January
Playboy Collectors card set, this item was
placed in cases of certain coallations
of January Centerfold Cards.
January Gift Box
Distributed only through Playboy Catalog,
this item consists of a large white box
with black ink legend and "Playboy Collectors
Card" Logo. The box contained 10 foil
packs of January Collectors Cards, and a
smaller white box with 4 special edition
January cards--#81, #84, #99, #102 inside.
The small box had a blue-green ink legend and
can sometimes be found holding a January card
set. A complete set could not be made from
the foil packs originally supplied with the
box. The smaller box also has the Playboy
Collectors Cards rabbit head logo on it (in
black ink). Originally the gift boxes were
issued sealed with a cellophane wrapper.
Fragments of the gift box sets are sometimes
seen. Gift box sets were extremely rare,
recently many have been released through
Playboy Catalog outlet as old stock. No
information on the number of gift box sets
created is available.
January Sampler Set
A snap top box containing 100 January cards
and one autograph card, usually an Echo
Johnson 120 autographed on the border. The
rarest part of the set is actually the paper
insert with the title and set contents listing.
Chromium 4 and 5 Promo cards
These two cards were printed by Sports Time
for the proposed Chromium 4 and Chromium 5
editions, which were never released. The
cards have become available when Sports Time
abandoned the card license, and disposed of
all their card stock. Even so, the cards are
fairly rare. Paradigm had no interest in
issuing Chromium Cards, but future licensees
may decide to continue the series.