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John buys the World's Rarest 45 rpm record!!
John buys the World's Rarest 78 rpm record!!
John finds another "lost" Paramount 78 rpm record!!
My Museum-Quality Pre-War Blues 78's. TRULY the Rarest Records on Earth!
My Museum-Quality Pre-War Blues 78 Sleeves, Colored 78's and Museum-Quality 45's.
I want to BUY your rare records!!
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My March 31, 2026 auction is Chris Styrachwitz' Pre-War Blues 78's!My Chris Strachwitz' PRE-WAR Blues 78's Auction Highlights!
Hello Blues 78's Collectors! Chris Strachwitz was one of THE Pioneer Collectors of Vintage Rural American Music! He started collecting Blues records in the South in 1958! He owned the Arhoolie Label and recorded GREAT Blues music and GREAT MUSIC OF ALL KINDS. Chris passed away in May of 2023 at 91 years of age.
I purchased his entire personal collection of just under 50,000 78's last November. This is the first of several auctions featuring GEMS from his collection (with a few of my own thrown in for good measure) and IT'S A DOOZY!!
Read the listings carefully and don't miss anything! There are great records in all price ranges and conditions. (Auction #2 of the Strachwitz Pre-War Blues collection will come later this year and at least one more next year.)
This collection is one of the very LAST great 78 collections from the first generation of 78 collectors to come up for sale. Some items offered here may never be offered again . . . FOR DECADES!
"This Ain't No Mouse Music" was painted on the side of Chris' DownHome Music Store in El Cerrito, California. There AIN'T NO MOUSE MUSIC in this auction! So bid like you really want to win and ask for a call back for any records you just can't live without!
Chris also had a World Class collection of Ethnic, Cajun and Mexican 78's as well as some "off-condition" Blues, Gospel, Jug Band and Post War Country 78's. Check my weekly eBay listings for these records.
My name is John Tefteller-I have been buying and selling rare phonograph records for the past 35 years. I have a worldwide reputation for my knowledge of rare records, especially Blues 78's.
My personal collection contains some of the rarest records on the planet. My auctions in Discoveries magazine featured some of the rarest records on the planet. Many have sold for "record" prices. For top quality records, no one can top The World's Rarest Records!
I have the world's largest inventory of Blues, Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll 78's with over 75,000 in stock. I also have a fabulous selection of over 100,000 45's from the 1950's and early 1960's in the following categories: Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Girl Groups, Surf and Country.
I am always interested in buying more rare records! I will pay top dollar for your rare Blues and Rhythm & Blues 45's and 78's in Near Mint condition. Before you sell your rare records to ANYONE, you should at least talk to me. I consistently pay the highest prices for records for my collection and am more than fair when buying for resale. 
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