Hugh Hefner Personal Flip-Top Contact Directory (ca. 1960s). ...

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Hugh Hefner Personal Flip-Top Contact Directory (ca. 1960s). Vintage original metal flip-top address and phone number directory belonging to the world's most famous bachelor and publisher of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner. Consisting of a Bates Listfinder "Cavalier" model flip-directory constructed of green metal base and lid with leatherette inlay on the cover and spring lid with alphabet-finder lever containing 20+ printed, ring-bound pages containing handwritten names, phone numbers and addresses of "Hef's" famous friends, artists, Playboy clubs, and many ladies including Barbi Benton, Don Adams, James Caan, Tony Curtis, Gene Siskel, Lauren Hutton, Gay Talese, Vincent Bugliosi, Barry Gordy, Linda Lovelace, Anthony Newley, LeRoy Neiman, Geraldo Rivera, Mel Tormé, and many more. From Hugh Hefner's 1960s Chicago office. Directory measures 6" x 8" and exhibits slight age and handling. Provenance: "Playboy at 50: Selections from the Archives" Lot 17 - Christies, December 17, 2003. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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