Undated Full-Page Cartoon Advertisement "Could You Spare 12.00 USD for a Fifth of Chivas Regal?" (Playboy, p. 48)
Visual Description. A single undated magazine leaf (Playboy, p. 48) carries a full-page black-and-white cartoon advertisement for Chivas Regal, captioned "Could you spare 12.00 USD for a fifth of Chivas Regal?" — a spare-change joke staged against a chauffeur and a luxury car bearing a loose double-R radiator badge. The illustrator is unidentified (signature tentatively read "[...]xon" / "Saxon"); the issue is undated, the price is a gag device rather than a documented retail figure, and the artifact is cataloged as one article across six photographs. Rarity class B.
Category: Alcohol
Rarity Class: B
Paper & Print Condition
Magazine-page offset lithography; printed on medium-weight coated stock; black-and-white; no perforations; no postmarks; no folds visible in photography. Front: clean; Back: not photographed; Edge: no visible tears; overall impression: Good. [Confidence: Observable]
Provenance & Rarity
A Chivas Regal magazine advertisement placed in Playboy (p.48), date unknown, through an unidentified agency. Cartoon hand-signed by the artist in a corner — signature only, not a known name; recorded as a mark, not linked as an artist. No print run, census, or auction records found. Rarity: Base C for mass-circulation magazine ad (no print-run, census, or auction records) +1 for the artist's signature — class B.
Rarity & Condition Summary
Undated Chivas Regal Playboy magazine advertisement (p.48). Hand-drawn black-and-white cartoon with artist's signature. Physical condition: clean print surface, no visible tears (from photography). Rarity: B — mass-circulation magazine ad base C +1 for artist's signature. Confidence: Moderate. [Grade: Good]
