Hasta La Ideas

Before the internet, we had catalogs mailed to our door to entice us to buy things from home. Prior to that we had salesmen walking on foot, going from door to door, schlepping everything from the latest vacuum to… geodesic domes? When it came to selling large items like farm equipment and said domes, salesmen were equipped with accurate miniatures to help close the deal. Wright, home of some of the designer drool worthy auction lots around, just auctioned a beautiful 1960 example of one of these models in their Modern Design Auction on October 12 which sold for well over it’s estimate of $1,000-1,500 at $7,500. Apparently the modern design collectible market is going strong!

See the rest of the collection that was auctioned off here!

Thanks to Tony Meredith for the link!

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