Hugh Hefner mansion | Real Estate of Stars

In 1953, Hugh Hefner launched the first issue of Playboy magazine — a publication that would go on to shape pop culture for decades. To attract attention, Hefner used nude photographs of Marilyn Monroe that he had purchased for just $500. The photos, however, were not taken for Playboy. They had been shot several years earlier, before Monroe became famous, at a time when she was struggling financially. Monroe later explained that she posed only because she was broke and needed the money. She had