Antiques Roadshow guest is stunned at valuation of her original 1970s Playboy bunny outfit

A erstwhile centerfold Playboy Bunny of nan Year was near shocked erstwhile she recovered retired that nan memorabilia from her modeling days was worthy thousands of dollars.

Candace Jordan, from Chicago, brought her risque Playboy outfit to Antiques Roadshow - and was near stunned erstwhile it was weighted by their professional. 

Jordan's setup consisted of her 1976 Playboy of nan Year costume, her first-runner-up trophy from nan International Bunny of nan Year Pageant, and her 1976 Bunny of nan Year Pageant program.

Back successful 2014, each of her merchandise was worthy betwixt $8,200 and $11,300, according to appraiser Laura Woolley.

Today, her fun-filled Playboy bunny postulation is weighted at $18,500 to $25,700.

A smiling Jordan, who went by Candy during her Playboy Bunny days, brought nan original dress, cufflinks, sash, and bunny ears pinch her.

She besides brought a image of her wearing nan outfit during a Jerry Lewis telethon.

Jordan revealed connected Antiques Roadshow that nan outfits beryllium to nan Playboy clubs, but she managed to snag nan outfit and kept it ever since.

'The costumes were each made to fresh nan individual girls. So it's not for illustration they tin reuse them anytime,' Jordan told nan appraiser.

The outfit besides included nan suit's signature bunny tail, which is still intact and successful bully condition.

Woolley was astir intrigued by Jordan having each portion of her Bunny suit successful her collection, which she said was 'pretty extraordinary.'

She added that nan suit unsocial would beryllium estimated anyplace betwixt $2,000 and $3,000 astatine nan time. 

Jordan's Bunny of nan Year trophy was a first for Woolley. 'I've ne'er seen a trophy travel up. I deliberation astir of nan women who won that, it was specified a prestigious point to win...,' she told nan erstwhile bunny.

Although her trophy was estimated to beryllium worthy betwixt $2,000 and $3,000 astatine nan time, Woolley couldn't place nan pageant program.

'This is nan Bunny of nan Year Pageant program. There was each these celebrities that were successful nan assemblage for nan world pageant, because it was nan first 1 that was ever televised,' Jordan said.

She pointed retired a fewer personage signatures that were connected her program, including Steve Martin, Ringo Starr, and OJ Simpson.

'I didn't moreover retrieve getting these signatures,' she told Woolley. 

'But aft I pulled it retired of retention and looked astatine it, my hubby said, "My God, do you cognize nan names that are connected here?" So it was beautiful exciting.'

Woolley told Jordan that nan programme would've been astatine slightest $200 to $300 'if not more.' 

The erstwhile centerfold first became a Bunny while she was a student astatine St Louis University.

She was asked to airs for Playboy soon afterward, and aft her photos didn't spell unnoticed, she packed her bags and moved into nan mansion.

Jordan had nan clip of her life being a Playboy Bunny and surviving successful nan mansion pinch Hugh Hefner himself.

'I was a centerfold successful 1979, and each nan Playmates, nan girls, were very diverse; they were each beautiful, and it was for illustration a sorority,' Jordan said.

'There were friends, location was nary competition, nary jealousies. Living astatine nan mansion pinch Hef was surreal.'

She added that celebrities would 'die to get to nan mansion' backmost then, and nan Rolling Stones would occasionally big parties there.

'I conjecture I really benignant of took it for granted. And now, successful hindsight, I think, I slap my forehead and think, "Wow, those were really heady days,'" Jordan told Woolley.

Jordan, who is still affiliated pinch Playboy, said highly of Hefner and called him nan 'perfect gentleman.'

The erstwhile bunny and her hubby occasionally spent clip pinch Hefner astatine LA parties until nan Playboy laminitis died successful 2017.

Jordan is now a successful media characteristic and Playboy marque ambassador who is not acrophobic to reminisce astir her clip arsenic a bunny.

She posted a throwback promotional image of herself connected Instagram past period successful a Playboy Bunny suit for nan Chicago nine she worked at.

After her Antiques Roadshow appearance, Jordan claimed successful an Instagram station that nan Chicago History Museum was willing successful her Playboy memorabilia.