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Lot 151: JOHN VASSOS

Est: $6,000 USD - $8,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 07, 2012

Item Overview

Description

VELOCITY MICROPHONE, MODEL NO. 77 C-1, AND DESK STAND, MODEL NO. 91-B
with the RCA logo and printed label
black-enameled metal, chromium-plated brass, plastic and silk
13 3/8 in. (34 cm) high as shown
circa 1938
manufactured by Radio Corporation of America, Camden, NJ

Artist or Maker

Literature

John Stuart Gordon, A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950, New Haven, 2011, p. 132 (for a smaller version of this microphone design, model number 77-B1, in the collection of John C. Waddell)

Auction Details