PLAYERS
PLAYERS GIRLS PICTORIAL
This is a title that lives up to its' name. All issues (at least thru v13) are virtually all good quality photos - many full page - and never more than a few pgs of ads. Later issues (mid 90s up) tend to have a lot more ad pags.
PLAYERS SPECIAL EDITIONS
Players - 1973-11
Product ID: play1973-11dv1 #1 - Classic First Issue of this noteworthy title often referrred to as 'The Black Playboy'. International Beauty Queen and movie star Zeudi Araya (Miss Ethiopia 1969) has FC + 6 pgs. Actress Nancy Foster has 8 pgs inc CF (she was also in KNIGHT 10/74) and Ms. Robinson has 5 pgs. Interview w/ Actor Richard (Shaft) Roundtree and 'Scoring' by Huey P. Newton - an excerpt from his autobiography. Plus a good pictorial feature on 'Hustlers' Cars'. Bright & glossy, some minor stresses - sharp VG+
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Number in Stock: 3
Price: $25.00
Players - 1974-01
v1 #2 - Demene Hall has 8 pgs inc CF, Rozalind Miles has 6 pgs and Deborah Kennedy has 5 pgs. Interview w/ actor Bernie Casey. An article about Scotch whiskey and pictorial features on the West Indies, America's 10th Cavalry - the Buffalo Soldiers and the latest fashions in fur coats. FINE copy is bright & glossy, lightly read, minor spine stresses and very light rubbing along spine. VG+ copy is bright & glossy, some spine stresses, small bump on bottom right corner.
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Players - 1974-05
Product ID: play1974-05ev1 #4 - Karry Onn has 8 pgs inc CF, Kres Miller has 6 pgs and Etta has 5 pgs. Interview w/ actor Yaphet Koto. A feature on 'African Madnes' a Ghanian musical group - 2 of them are on the FC plus the latest in hats for men. Normal wear, CF is loose but undamaged - VG
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Number in Stock: 1
Price: $15.00
Players - 1974-09
Product ID: play1974-09dv1 #6 - Alvia has 8 pgs inc CF, Melo K'Daya has 6 pgs and Carol has 5 pgs. Interview w/ Smokey Robinson, an article about NY DJ Frankie Hollywood and a feature on street racing w/ Big Willie & Tomiko. Also a nice feature on leather clothing. Bright & glossy - VG+
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Number in Stock: 1
Price: $20.00
Players - 1978-08
Product ID: play1978-08h2oGood issue w/ lots of interesting features. Kiku has 8 pgs inc CF, Chloe has 5 pgs and disco queen Grace Jones has 2 pgs. Articles about Black Boxer Peter Jackson (1885-1892), Dave Jones - the Black Mr. America, Cuban soldiers in Ethiopia and musical group The O'Jays. Plus pictorial features on Barbados and the 1965 Bentley Silver Cloud III. Nice shape except someone set a bottle on the cover and there are some light water marks - nothing on the interior.
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Number in Stock: 1
Price: $10.00
Players - 1989-10
Product ID: play1989-10dCovergirl is Diana Jones, Cleo has 8 pgs inc CF. Lolita has 5 pgs and Montenegro has 4 pgs. Interview w/ actor John Canada Terrell and articles about Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson and Black Soldiers in WWI. Bright & glossy - VG++
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Price: $15.00
Players - 1993-03
Product ID: play1993-03gCovergirl Stormy also has 9 pgs (pretty sure this is Stormy Shores). Donna has 8 pgs inc CF (looks a lot like Donna Ambrose to me). Sunny has 8 pgs and Adriana has 6 pgs. Interview w/ musician Morris Day. This one has been read a bit and has a 2 1/2" tall x 1 1/2" wide chunk off the bottom left corner of the BC and last 5 pgs also has splits at top & bottom of spine - Fair.
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Number in Stock: 1
Price: $5.00
Players - 1998-03
Product ID: play1998-03cSpecial Baseball Issue. Covergirl Xtacee (w/ a baseball bat) also has 9 pgsinc CF. Brandee and Mia each have 6 pgs. Article about Emmett Ashford - Baseball's first Black Umpire and several more articles and features about baseball with lots of pics. Bright & glossy - white cover is unmarked - Fine
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Price: $15.00
Players Classic Girls - v6 #5
Product ID: play-clgl-v6.5dSays 1/95 on inside FC, but 5/95 in pub credits - must be one of them. Slightly oversize, 100 pg issue is all pics except for 3 pgs of ads. No defined pictorials, no IDs of any kind and no text. Quite a few full pg photos and lots of familiar faces from Players mag. Unknown Covergirl also on BC + 4 pgs. Donna Ambrose has 2 pgs, Solange and Veronica Brazil each have 1 pg. Bright & glossy - VG+.
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Number in Stock: 1
Price: $15.00