Who owns the mini TV on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper cover?

The Japan Times investigates:

Loved equally to the music is the album's cover photo, which was taken in London on March 30, 1967. The four band members are surrounded by cardboard models of such icons as Marilyn Monroe, while several items are placed in the foreground.
Among these, a "fukusuke" fortune doll and a Sony 9-inch portable TV represented Japan on the cover. The doll's owner was identified as John Lennon, who bought it in Japan to bring back to the U.K. But the question of who the TV belonged to remained unknown for many years.
The invoice is currently owned by Kazunori Aizawa, 52, a Tokyo collector and an honorary director of the Beatles Museum in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture. The invoice is in his collection of Paul McCartney autographs. McCartney's address in London and his name are printed on the invoice, and his signature in blue is still clear and decipherable.

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