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Lot 151 in the upcoming June 21 Sotheby's auction of Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana is an archive of Atari material. A huge archive of original marketing materials from the "Golden Age" of Atari, ca. 1981 to 1983, is being sold at Sotheby’s on 21 June in a sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts. The archive is mostly related to marketing materials for Atari games and game consoles, especially boxes and manuals, but includes some early design and graphic work for specific game characters. More than 2,000 items of widely varying sizes and formats are in the archive, including manuscript memorandum, internal specification guidelines, original sketches, blue lines, mechanicals, proofs, color separations (including acetates), and screen diagrams. More than 75 games are represented in the archive, including many of Atari's most popular and enduring games that have been "re-mixed" for current platforms and are still available in classic format on-line or in "plug-and-play" systems: Pac Man, Asteroids, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., Millipede, Pole Position, Space Invaders, and the granddaddy of them all, Pong. For a link to the full catalogue description and illustrations of a few items, please go to: http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDe...=11&go.y=12 Please note, you will have to register on the site to view the lot information.