The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Dilemma

:) Nice butt you have....

For those of you who are avid watchers of my YouTube channel; you'll know that I quite like rare collections. The reason being is that usually there is a good amount of beta content lurking in early stuff; more-so than in any final version.

So the other day I was casually having a cup of tea and watching telly; when I thought I would indulge in a couple of my favourite Ebay searches. These searches consist of 'Sports Illustrated Magazine: Swimsuit Edition 2012' amongst others. To my surprise; a new item had been listed that corresponded with my search. I nearly required a change of underwear. To see any magazine from decades is quite rare; but what also made this listing interesting was that I had never seen this one in any person's Sports Illustrated collections before. There are quite a few extensive collections displayed on the internet too.

I decided to act - opening bid of $20.00,  with a maximum bid of $100.00. I thought I could potentially go past $10.00, but I'll keep an eye on things first. So a couple of days will pass; no one else has bid. I'm getting a little bit excited now; but stopping myself from getting too excited in case I was outbid. I even devised a sniping strategy; in the circumstance that I was going to be outbid by someone else.

 I’ll always hold out for another magazine issue, which felt innovative and fresh. 
 I am currently investigating this lead, though I have no idea how far I'll get with it. It would be great to talk to a previous owner though, as that would be a big step forward in tracking down these things.