Art + Design 
21 April 2022
Sony, Portable transistor television, model 8-301 W - Image 1 of 4
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Sony, Portable transistor television, model 8-301 W - Image 1 of 4
Sony, Portable transistor television, model 8-301 W - Image 2 of 4
Sony, Portable transistor television, model 8-301 W - Image 3 of 4
Sony, Portable transistor television, model 8-301 W - Image 4 of 4
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Sony

Portable transistor television, model 8-301 W

Japan, 1959
plastic, enameled metal, chrome-plated metal 9 h × 8 w × 10 d in (23 × 20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $400–600
result: $378
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This example represents the first fully transistorized television, and was highly innovative for its portability and light weight. The design won the Compasso d'Oro award in 1960.
Metal manufacturer label to verso ‘Transistor Television Receiver Model 8-301W Serial No. 34145 Tokyo Sony Corp. Japan’.
literature: Design Since 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, pg. 94

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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