Maxim Magazine December 2000 Davinia Taylor Barry White Precious SKU 1518

Original UK Maxim Magazine – December 2000, cover price £2.90, featuring Davinia Taylor on the front cover.

This is a substantial turn-of-the-millennium issue of Maxim, combining celebrity features, interviews, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, humour, travel, true crime and the magazine’s characteristic late-1990s/early-2000s editorial style. The photographs supplied show the front cover, contents pages and rear cover, allowing the main features and condition to be assessed clearly.

COVER – DAVINIA TAYLOR

The December 2000 cover is dominated by a studio photograph of Davinia Taylor, with her name printed prominently across the lower section.

Other cover features include:

• Barry White – “Mr Loverman”, page 38
• Death in Vegas – page 148, covering crime, gambling and the darker side of Las Vegas
• “Here Nessie! Nessie!” / British monster-hunting material
• “That’s Cheating!” feature
• “Beardie Weirdies!” fashion feature
• Precious – the British girl group
• Hollywood Extra – advertised as a 16-page screen sirens section
• Lifestyle, entertainment and humour features typical of Maxim from this period

The issue therefore has interest not only for Davinia Taylor collectors but also for buyers interested in British celebrity culture, music, television and men’s magazines from 2000.

DAVINIA TAYLOR FEATURE

The contents page specifically lists:

Davinia Taylor – page 64

The feature is promoted as one of the issue’s principal celebrity sections and accompanies the cover appearance.

BARRY WHITE

A prominent feature begins on page 38, with Barry White described in the contents as the gravel-voiced “Walrus of Love”.

This adds a notable music-related feature to the issue and makes it relevant to collectors of Barry White memorabilia as well as Maxim collectors.

PRECIOUS

The issue also contains a feature on British girl group Precious, listed as:

“Group Therapy” – page 156

The contents describe the members of Precious sharing personal stories and experiences.

OTHER NOTABLE CONTENT

The photographed contents pages show a particularly broad selection of material, including:

• Reality Bites – page 74, concerning SAS training and combat experience
• Sex Express – page 84
• Here Nessie! Nessie! – page 94, a light-hearted investigation into reported monsters in the British countryside
• That’s Cheating! – page 137
• True Crime: Las Vegas – page 148, covering gambling, crime and money
• Up In Smoke – page 164
• Fool’s Paradise – page 172, centred on Thailand’s Full Moon Party
• Benedict Allen – page 60
• What She Wants – page 43
• How To – page 50

The contents also include the magazine’s regular mixture of humour, correspondence, celebrity material and lifestyle features.

LADIES / CELEBRITY SECTION

The later contents page shows:

• Who’s That Girl… – Jessi McDonald, page 16
• Davinia Taylor, page 64
• Ain’t Half Hot Mum, page 110
• Group Therapy – Precious, page 156

These are accompanied by the glossy photographic editorial style associated with Maxim during this period.

FASHION & LIFESTYLE

Fashion and lifestyle material includes:

• All You Need – page 185
• The Great Escape – page 186
• Style Icon – page 198
• Time After Time – page 201
• What’s New – page 207
• The Good, The Beard And The Ugly – page 212
• Get A Life – page 229
• Stockists – page 282

The issue therefore provides a substantial period snapshot of men’s fashion, grooming, entertainment, gadgets and popular culture at the end of 2000.

CONDITION

This is an original December 2000 magazine and naturally shows some age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• front cover remains bright and highly presentable
• light surface rubbing and fine scuffing are visible
• some minor marks and scratches are present on the glossy cover
• light edge wear can be seen, particularly around the spine and lower edges
• corners show minor softening/rubbing
• slight handling creases and waviness are visible in places
• spine remains intact in the photographs, with normal age-related rubbing
• internal pages shown remain clean, colourful and readable
• pages show normal curvature from use and being opened
• rear cover has light edge and corner wear
• no obvious heavy writing or ownership markings are visible in the photographs
• no major tears are apparent in the photographed pages

Overall, it appears to be a good used vintage copy, showing normal cosmetic wear expected from a magazine now more than 25 years old rather than being mint or newsstand-perfect.

Please study all supplied photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

ORIGINAL FREE ITEMS / PROMOTIONAL EXTRAS

The cover advertises various editorial promotions and offers.

Any free gifts, loose inserts, samples, promotional items, cards, supplements or other extras that may originally have accompanied this issue are no longer included unless they are specifically visible in the photographs.

The sale is for the magazine itself and only the contents/items actually shown.

PACKAGING

The magazine will be packed carefully to reduce the risk of bending or crushing in transit.

UK orders: sent in a hardback envelope for firm support and protection.

International orders: sent in a cardboard mail-size box to provide additional protection during the longer journey.

SKU 1518