FS: Rare Atari CES 1982 Engineering Trak-Ball t-shirt in frame

[joesmooth]

Hi everyone-

 

I'm doing a bit more house cleaning and have decided to part with my very rare Atari Consumer Electronics Division t-shirt and custom frame...

 

I bought this shirt many moons ago from Dan Kramer (ex-Atari) who, when part of Atari's Consumer Electronic Division, designed the 2600 and 5200 Trak-Ball. According to Dan, he designed the shirt (his initials are on the lower right corner of the text on the back of the shirt) and it was made for a handful of "booth babes" that wandered the show floor at CES 1982 (or 1983?) to help promote the new Trak-Ball.

 

There are VERY FEW of these shirts in existence and I believe they were all hand screened. It's hard to know if these were officially sanctioned by Atari, but somehow I don't think so. Maybe Dan (or someone else from Atari) can shed more light on the details of this shirt, since there doesn't seem to be anything online about it. I've attached a picture I took of Dan from CGE 2001 where you can see the shirt in the upper left corner.

 

The shirt is in excellent condition. It's a women's size L and the label is still intact. Instead of just keeping it folded up in a closet, a few years ago I decided to order a custom frame for it. The frame was professionally built by FastFrame in San Diego and is full glass on the front and the back with a nice thick black box frame. There are hinges on the top and bottom to allow you to (carefully!) open the frame if you need to. Two mounting hooks are screwed into the top section of the frame. It measures approximately 34" wide x 31" high x 3" deep. The shirt appears to be floating in the center of the frame - it is hanging by two small lengths of fishing wire. A fitted insert acts as a hanger and gives the shirt its shape.

 

I thought it would be fun to skip eBay/CTCW and offer this directly to AA members. I haven't fully thought this through, but figured I would just sell to whoever has the best offer in the next week or so. Feel free to publicly respond to the post with a price or send me a PM. I'll post updates every day or so as I receive offers. The offer should *not* include shipping costs, as this piece is *big* and I am going to have it professionally packed for UPS Ground shipping. The highest bidder will pay the actual packing and shipping costs (I'm not going to mark it up or add "handling fees") which I'll know once it's packed and ready to go. You are more than welcome to come pick it up at my house in San Francisco to avoid shipping hassles.

 

Anyway, if you have any questions, let me know. I hope this can go to a good home where someone will really enjoy it (show it off in a game room, perhaps?)

 

Joe

Edited December 16, 2009 by joesmooth

[CPUWIZ]

These are rare, he told me there were not very many of these at all, when he gave me mine.

[joesmooth]

Current bid is $100.

 

The frame job alone cost more than that

 

Joe

[Buyatari]

These are rare, he told me there were not very many of these at all, when he gave me mine.

 

I got two of these from him as well.

[joesmooth]

For free? Man, you guys are lucky.

 

Joe

 

 

These are rare, he told me there were not very many of these at all, when he gave me mine.

 

I got two of these from him as well.

[Shawn]

I like the Atari CEE shirt but I know I'd end up wearing it and there is no way in hell I can afford to buy a tee worth $$$.

[CPUWIZ]

I like the Atari CEE shirt but I know I'd end up wearing it and there is no way in hell I can afford to buy a tee worth $$$.

 

Those are girl shirts.

[joesmooth]

I'm sure it would look hot

 

 

I like the Atari CEE shirt but I know I'd end up wearing it and there is no way in hell I can afford to buy a tee worth $$$.

 

Those are girl shirts.

[CPUWIZ]

I'm sure it would look hot

 

 

I like the Atari CEE shirt but I know I'd end up wearing it and there is no way in hell I can afford to buy a tee worth $$$.

 

Those are girl shirts.

 

San Fran is working out well for you, I see.

[Shawn]

I like the Atari CEE shirt but I know I'd end up wearing it and there is no way in hell I can afford to buy a tee worth $$$.

 

Those are girl shirts.

 

 

And????

[Buyatari]

For free? Man, you guys are lucky.

 

Joe

 

 

These are rare, he told me there were not very many of these at all, when he gave me mine.

 

I got two of these from him as well.

 

 

Not really free free. I bought other stuff

[joesmooth]

Daily bid update is that there is no update!

 

The bid currently still stands at $100, which is quite a deal. Feel free to PM or post with an offer if interested

[joesmooth]

...and the shirt has been sold to Wonder007!

 

Joe

[Buyatari]

...and the shirt has been sold to Wonder007!

 

Joe

 

Hmm he must have run out of 2600 items to collect. Nice pick up Jose.

[tenoch]

I just read this because I was cleaning something in my house and found this..

I got the this shirt off his back during the 2001 conference. He was very nice about it because I told him I did not want the ones he was selling. He told me that it was his during that time. He signed it and I took it home. I think I'll frame it as well. Something to share