* One of a kind * Crystal Checkerboard Set from The Playboy Mansion? NO RESERVE!
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There is no way humanly possible for me to prove that this is a real true story. But! There's no way to prove it's not either… LOL. My grandfather Lova Mitchell. Was a Russian immigrant working as a maintenance man in a small place that you may have heard of before "The Playboy Mansion” yes! the one and only "Hugh Heffners Playboy Mansion" My grandfather was the caretaker, maintenance man there from 1970 to 1980. He met Mr. Hefner numerous times daily. Mr. Hefner took a liking to my grandfather. And took him to his personal office many times. To do odd jobs. Change a lightbulb. Fix the bathroom etc. etc. etc. One day my grandfather noticed this very unique cool looking checkerboard. He said wow that's very sharp! "My grandfather was simply just admiring it. Then Mr. Hefner said; Lova it's missing one piece, it's a prototype, it was given to be by Mr. Hasbro "please take it" He insisted that my grandfather take it as a souvenir a token of his friendship and his loyalty to the company. And there it sat in my grandfathers addict for many years going untouched and unnoticed up until today. My grandfather is failing in health and age. We are having a local estate sale for him in Margate New Jersey. So my father and I are selling all his belongings we decided to sell this on eBay because he thought it would be much easier to split the
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