<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0be43ac7-00d1-4d36-ad9b-a8fd42b9e7bc/E98860D9-E285-4E44-98A5-AF2E1F35F6CB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/06/sothebys_atari.php" href="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/06/sothebys_atari.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coolhunting.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/06/sothebys_atari.php"><SPAN class="mcHeaderBold">Sotheby's Atari Auction</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/06/sothebys_atari.php"><DIV class="fullPostContent"> <P><IMG width="170" height="230" class="right" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/images/PacManOrignal.jpg" alt="PacManOrignal.jpg" /> </P><P>Sotheby's is branching out a bit and validating gaming history with their upcoming auction of vintage video game paraphernalia beginning at 10am this Thursday, 21 June 2007 in New York. The collection, an extensive archive from 1981-1983, consists of 2000 pieces of original Atari marketing materials including early design and graphic work, original sketches, proofs, instruction manuals, screen diagrams and some mechanicals. Some of the classic titles represented include Pac Man (original art work pictured right), Dig Dug, Bezerk, Asteroids, Pong and Mario Bros.</p> <P>The lot is expected to fetch $150,000-$250,000. You can join the auction <A target="_blank" href="http://browse.sothebys.com/?q=atari">here</A>, but you need to <A target="_blank" href="https://www.sothebys.com/app/global/authorization.do?reqCode=showLogin">register</A> first.</p> <P></p> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E98860D9-E285-4E44-98A5-AF2E1F35F6CB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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