OUCH. This is not on my "who knew list" anymore.

NJ Marty · Aug 6, 2014

Never gave it thought it would have such value. I saw on of these today at value Village for $2.99. I remembered the TPS and just looked it up and this is what I saw and left behind. Working or not it seems you can make a good buck on the TPS-L2.
Sony Walkman TPS L2 Cassette Player Recorder Vintage 1979 Works Excellent RARE | eBay
Here is another with box.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-TPS-L2...pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item51bf9edb69

mjm579 · Aug 7, 2014

Holy crap!

I'll def be looking for these in the future.

Justice70 · Aug 7, 2014

Man, that's nuts.

Eagle101 · Aug 7, 2014

Wow!!! Thanks for the heads up!!!

jerseyben · Aug 7, 2014

In all fairness it is from 1979. I don't imagine there are too many of these floating around out there.

diggummup · Aug 7, 2014

I guess it's only certain Sony Walkman models that sell for that much? I see plenty of Walkman's that sell for pennies too.

PS- Didn't you go back after it?

NJ Marty · Aug 7, 2014

diggummup said:
I guess it's only certain Sony Walkman models that sell for that much? I see plenty of Walkman's that sell for pennies too.

PS- Didn't you go back after it?

No, I will be able to this afternoon but doubt it will still be there.

batcap · Aug 7, 2014

jerseyben said:
In all fairness it is from 1979. I don't imagine there are too many of these floating around out there.

True, but having done an eBay search on "Vintage Sony Walkman", then sorting highest priced first, completed listings, I see this hardly tops the list. The highest sold price was $1000, and there are pages and pages full of sold listings before you break below $100. For me, this is definitely an eye-opener.
I'll definitely look up model #'s from now on, I've bypassed lots of Walkmans without a thought.
"Don't walk by the Walkman!"

diggummup · Aug 7, 2014

batcap said:
True, but having done an eBay search on "Vintage Sony Walkman", then sorting highest priced first, completed listings, I see this hardly tops the list. The highest sold price was $1000, and there are pages and pages full of sold listings before you break below $100. For me, this is definitely an eye-opener.
I'll definitely look up model #'s from now on, I've bypassed lots of Walkmans without a thought.
"Don't walk by the Walkman!"

Ditto on that comment.

Paleo_joe · Aug 7, 2014

I sold one still in the blister pack for $100 last week, which was about top dollar for that particular model. I think knowing they work is key.

Drmad7 · Aug 10, 2014

Yep, from this site, I always check out Walkmans. And I still have several I need to list. Also the micro cassettes sell well.

inspectorgadget · Aug 10, 2014

I grab the micro recorders & cassettes all the time for free & usually don't pay much attention to the walkman types but I see A LOT of them in the trash at my favorite auction house. I see tons of diskmans as well & the early ones of those are prolly going to be somewhat valuable in the future too. Tho most or a lot of walkmans I see are probably not working anymore as most I see have batteries that were left in them for maybe over 10 years. I am going to start grabbing the ones I see in the trash from now on & if they have no value or don't work I'll smash them & recover the circuit boards for scrap & toss the plastic in the trash. If it has value to eBay it will go.