Dec 07, 2001 - Sale 1918

Sale 1918 - Lot 404

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(1970s.) Groovy group of more than 85 photographs depicting cool product designs in home and office environments, comprising 40 images of prototypes for rotary and push button telephones produced by Western Electric in addition to close-ups of semi-conductor wafers; restrikes of early 20th-century views; 4 curious pictures of products created by Dow Chemical company, including the first ziploc bags and packaging for Saran Wrap plastic film; 4 prints of homemakers enjoying their "revolutionary new ranges with touch control"; and about 40 images of IBM workers demonstrating computers, disk storage systems, sale terminals, and other high tech products. Silver prints, 10x8 inches and the reverse, most with caption information on verso.<\t>Early 1970s