Hugh Hefner had Bill Cosby’s contact info in his directory
Hey, Hey, Hey – look whose name and phone numbers were in Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s personal contact directory he kept during the swinging 1960s.
Bill Cosby’s name is sandwiched in between designer Oleg Casini and actor Tony Curtis in the hand-written log, which is going up for auction June 8.
Not only did Cosby – a frequent party goer at Playboy Mansion parties – give Hef his office number, he also gave him the digits to his home.
The telephone numbers, located in the 213 area code of Los Angeles, have since been unallocated by the phone company.
Auction house Profiles in History believes the old-fashioned metal-cased directory will fetch up to $12,000 when it goes on the block.
“Back in the day, Bill Cosby was the coolest guy in Hollywood, so you can see how Hugh Hefner was cultivating him,” auction house owner Joe Maddalena told The Post.
“Whether or not Hefner did other things to get Cosby to come to his celebrity-filled parties, that I don’t know,” he said.
Other names – and numbers — in the directory include actors Warren Beatty, James Caan, porn star Linda Lovelace and journalist Geraldo Rivera.
The vintage directory is part of a collection on display of original documents at New York’s Questroyal Fine Art gallery on Park Avenue.
Other items include a letter former president Harry S. Truman wrote in 1956 complaining about the Washington Press corps, and comparing journalists to prostitute, expected to fetch $150,000 at auction.
The original manuscript for Alcoholics Anonymous “Big Book” – going for up to $3 million — is also available for viewing.