Today pocket transistor radios manufactured in the 1950s are very collectable. Some models are highly sought after by collectors and regularly sell for hundreds of dollars. It is not uncommon to find ...

Prices quoted reflect retail values, and as with many antiques and collectibles these values vary. Readers are encouraged to submit questions with photos to THE COLLECTOR™, P.O. Box 229, West Boxford, ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: October 18th, 1954, 61 years ago today ... the day Dick Tracy's wristwatch radio came its closest yet to reality. For that was the day Texas ...

Happy 50 th birthday to the transistor radio. For the last half-century we’ve embraced transistor radios, loved them, made them part of our lives and even took them for granted. But back in 1954, the ...

They were the Walkmans of the 1950s-the coolest things ever to fit into Ban-Lon shirt pockets: snazzy transistor radios. Now these vintage examples of midcentury technology, which typically cost $30 ...

@Michael Jack. An iPod with the Regency TR-1 in red (1954-55) and TR-4 (black). Recording engineer and music producer Michael Jack has amassed an amazing collection of 1,100 transistor radios.

Long before podcasts, smartphones, social media, gossip blogs and on-demand news, the portable radio set was the world’s most trusted companion. It was the device that sat on kitchen shelves, ...