This auction is for a well known style of Calendar by the Australian political cartoonist, Larry Pickering. Pickering started this Playmates series in 1978 and it was a best seller despite its controversial representations of famous people.

Each page of the calendar covers two months. The caricatures depicted in 1982 were Prince Charles, Robert (Piggy) Muldoon, Indira Ghandi, Michael Parkinson, John Newcombe and Dennis Lillee.

As the photo of the front of the Calendar shows, the warning is explicit: “Careful, they’re Starkers”!

The calendar could appeal to anyone with a “Man Cave” or similar. The calendar has had only the one owner for 40 years. Any of the six individual pictures could be block mounted for an interesting and effective display in an appropriate, but irreverent, setting. Each of the picture pages is in excellent condition - no marks or creases.

The start price is based on my understanding of the current price in Australia, based on a similar auction on eBay.

Can be picked up from the Kapiti region or delivered in a picture tube via courier. The pages measure 62 cm x 43.5 cm.