Interested in classic video game memorabilia? Got a few hundred thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket? If you fit this profile you’re probably going to want to head over to Sotheby’s in NYC this Thursday morning when a veritable holy grail of Atari marketing materials will be auctioned off to one well-to-do geek.
 
 
 

An extensive archive of original marketing materials (as detailed below) from the “Golden Age” of Atari, ca. 1981 to 1983, comprising more than 2,000 items of widely varying sizes and formats, including manuscript memorandum, internal specification guidelines, original sketches, blue lines, mechanicals, proofs, color separations (including acetates), and screen diagrams; 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 and components.

That’s one crazy collection, and even though the $250,000 the set is estimated to sell for might seem like a lot, just imagine what this stuff will be worth in another 20 years.

So, can anyone spot me a few hundred G’s? You know I’m good for it…

[Sotheby's via Kotaku ]