PLAYBOY ART COLLECTION

This picture provided by Christie's shows a 1967 oil painting by Tom Wesselmann titled "Mouth #8." It is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit." Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD.)

PLAYBOY ART COLLECTION

This picture provided by Christie's shows a Feb. 1993 Stephen Wayda photograph of Pamela Anderson and Dan Ackroyd. It is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit." Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD., Stephen Wayda)

PLAYBOY ART COLLECTION

This image provided by Christie's shows a photograph of Marilyn Monroe that appeared on the first Playboy magazine cover for the December 1953 issue. It is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit." Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD.)

PLAYBOY ART COLLECTION

This picture provided by Christie's shows a photograph of Brigette Bardot that appeared on the March 1958 cover of Playboy magazine. The gelatin silver print is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit." Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD.)

PLAYBOY ART COLLECTION

This picture provided by Christie's shows a 1970 oil painting by Herb Davidson of Hugh Hefner. It is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit." Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD.)

PLAYBOY ART COLLECTION

This picture provided by Christie's shows a Stephen Wayda 1996 cover photograph of Playmate of the Year Stacy Sanchez draped in white fabric in the shape of Playboy's bunny logo, mounted on layout board and initialed by Hugh Hefner. It is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit." Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD., Stephen Wayda)