When it wasn’t quite enough to be-in-time

Canadian-based eBay seller gstark didn’t need to include the words “extremely rare” in his auction listing for a jade green Sony TR-55 transistor radio. Fifteen ardent bidders already knew that.

Made in 1955 when the electronics giant was known as Totsuko (Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Ltd.), or TTK, the…

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