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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 22, 2024 | Swann Auctions | New York | LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History | 112 | $****** - ****** | Large collection of bodybuilder and physique magazines from the late 1950s and 1960s; "Adonis: The Art Magazine of the Male Physique." 14 issues; "Big." 12 issues; "Butch: The Male Nude in Photo." 15 issues; "Drum: Sex in Perspective." 6 issues |
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The collection of Charles "Chuck" Renslow (1929-2017), co-owner of Chicago"s Gold Coast bar; publisher of the magazines Triumph, Rawhide, and Mars; and founder of the long-running International Mr. Leather contest and the Leather Archives and Museum. He is a member of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame and the Leather Hall of Fame.
BEEFCAKE
Large collection of bodybuilder and physique magazines from the late 1950s and 1960s.
Approximately 370 issues under dozens of different titles, including a few duplicates, most in octavo format; minor to moderate wear. Various places, bulk 1955-1967.
"Adonis: The Art Magazine of the Male Physique." 14 issues, circa 1960s.
"Big." 12 issues, circa 1964-1966.
"Body Beautiful: Studies in Masculine Art." 25 issues, circa 1957-1967.
"Butch: The Male Nude in Photo." 15 issues, 1965-1967.
"Drum: Sex in Perspective." 6 issues, 1965-1966.
"Fizeek" / "Fizeek Art Quarterly." 25 issues, circa 1960-1966.
"Grecian Guild Pictorial" / "Grecian Guild Studio Quarterly." 19 issues, circa 1956-1967.
"International Nudist Sun." 4 issues, 1964-1965.
"Iron Man." 12 issues, circa 1958-1961.
"The Male European Nudist." 5 issues, 1960s.
"The Male Figure." 5 issues, 1962-1963.
"Male Pose." 4 issues, circa 1960s.
"Manorama." 7 issues, 1964-1966.
"Manual." 8 issues, circa 1964-1967.
"Mars." 17 issues, circa 1963-1967.
"One: The Homosexual Viewpoint." Not at all a beefcake magazine, but from the same era. 21 issues, 1960-1965, plus two 1966 issues of the successor magazine "Tangents."
"Physique Pictorial." Includes 3 Tom of Finland covers. 10 issues, 1967-1977.
"Rugged." Issues 1-4 complete, 1967.
"Sir Gee." 4 issues, circa 1960s.
"Tomorrow"s Man." 41 issues, circa 1962-1966.
"Vagabond." 7 issues, 1964-1966.
"Vim." 35 issues, circa 1955-1965.
Plus 70 other issues with many different titles.
