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The High-Rise Frontier: A Critical History of Penthouse Hong Kong Magazine

The so-called “OB Scene” (Ocean Bar scene) of Wan Chai and Lan Kwai Fong became the magazine’s spiritual home. Penthouse sponsored “Pet Search” nights at Club 97 and The Fringe Club, where Australian barmaids and Filipino singers competed for a chance to appear in the magazine. It was a symbiotic relationship: the magazine gave legitimacy to the nightlife, and the nightlife supplied the raw material for the magazine. Penthouse Hong Kong Magazine

Issues from the late 80s or the final 2004 run are particularly hard to find. The Verdict Penthouse Hong Kong The High-Rise Frontier: A Critical History of Penthouse

To pass Hong Kong's Film Censorship Ordinance, the publishers engaged in a clever game. Issues from the late 80s or the final

Today, copies of Penthouse Hong Kong are collector’s items. On Carousell (Hong Kong’s eBay), vintage issues from 1991 sell for HK$500 apiece. The magazine has become a time capsule of a lost city: a Hong Kong before the extradition bill, before the national security law, before the skyscrapers of West Kowloon erased the old waterfront.

Sites like PicClick and eBay frequently list individual back issues ranging from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

The magazine finally ceased operations after an 18-year run, laying off its remaining staff in early 2004. Collectibility and Market Value Go to product viewer dialog for this item.