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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.) AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 08/11/10