My March 31, 2026 Strachwitz Pre-War Blues 78's Auction,
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My March 31, 2026 Strachwitz Pre-War Blues 78's Auction highlights
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Chris Strachwitz' Rare and Classic Blues 78's!
184. Bessie Smith — "Gulf Coast Blues/Down Hearted Blues" COLUMBIA 3844 E- MB $25
185. Guy Smith — "Southland Blues/Sad Story Blues" PARAMOUNT 12806 E- MB $300
186. Pinetop Smith — "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out/Big Boy" VOCALION 1256 E+ MB $150
187. Charlie Spand — "Gold Tooth Mama/Hoodoo Woman Blues" OKEH 05757 E/E- MB $50
188. Victoria Spivey — "Spider Web Blues/Hoodoo Man Blues" OKEH 8370 E+ GORGEOUS COPY!!! You never see this clean! MB $250
189. Victoria Spivey — "Garter-Snake Blues/Christmas Mornin' Blues" OKEH 8517 E- MB $100
190. Victoria Spivey — "Funny Feathers/How Do You Do It That Way?" OKEH 8713 E- CLASSIC MB $50
191. Vol Stevens With The Memphis Jug Band — "Vol Stevens Blues/Baby Got The Rickets" VICTOR 21356 E+ Beautiful copy! MB $400
192. Black Billy Sunday — "The Red Horse And Its Rider (The White Horse, The Black Horse and The Red Horse)/This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix" PARAMOUNT 13052 V+ 13000 PARAMOUNT!!! MAYBE FIVE KNOWN COPIES! MB $200
193. Black Billy Sunday — "The High Cost Of Sin/Will You Spend Eternity In Hell" PARAMOUNT 13105 V EVEN LATER 13000 PARAMOUNT—THREE KNOWN COPIES??? MB $300
194. Roosevelt Sykes as The Honey Dripper — "Pistol Shootin' Blues/She's Got What It Takes" DECCA 7785 E-/V+ MB $20
195. Roosevelt Sykes And His Piano — "I Wonder/Mellow Queen" BLUEBIRD 34-0721 E+ MB $30
196. Art Tatum And His Band WITH JOE TURNER — "Lonesome Graveyard/Corrine Corrina" DECCA 8563 E Turner recorded the B-side of this one again in the mid-50s—this is the original MB $30
197. Johnny Temple And Harlem Hamfats — "Gimme Some Of That Yum Yum Yum/Hoodoo Woman" DECCA 7385 E MB $50
198. Sister Rosetta Tharpe — "Sleep On Darling Mother/I Want To Live So God Can Use Me" DECCA 8657 E+ MB $30
199. Henry Townsend "Mistreated Blues / Poor Man Blues" COLUMBIA 14491 • E+ FABULOUS AND OH, SO CLEAN!!! MB $1,000
200. Big Joe Turner With Willie "The Lion" Smith — "Doggin' The Dog/Rainy Day Blues" DECCA 7824 E+ MB $50
201. Big Joe Turner — "Somebody's Got To Go/Ice Man" DECCA 7856 E+ MB $50
202. Joe Turner With Freddie Slack Trio — "Rocks In My Bed/Goin' To Chicago Blues" DECCA 4093 E/E+ MB $30
203. Washboard Trio — "Lady Quit Her Husband Onexpectinly/Washboard Rag" PARAMOUNT 12682 E+/E Crude and great Washboard band and vocal—hard one to find MB $500
204. Ethel Waters — "Guess Who's In Town/My Handy Man" COLUMBIA 14353 E MB $25
205. Curley Weaver — "Oh Lawdy Mama/Fried Pie Blues" CHAMPION 50077 V+ MB $50
206. Sylvester Weaver — "Dad's Blues/What Makes A Man Blue" OKEH 8522 E- MB $150
207. Sylvester Weaver — "Penitentiary Bound Blues/Can't Be Trusted Blues" OKEH 8504 E+ MB $300
208. Peetie Wheatstraw — "I Want Some Sea Food/Beer Tavern" DECCA 7657 E MB $25
209. Peetie Wheatstraw — "Big Apple Blues/Two Time Mama" DECCA 7753 E+ MB $25
210. Peetie Wheatstraw — "Cuttin' 'Em Slow/Jaybird Blues" DECCA 7798 E MB $25
211. Peetie Wheatstraw — "No 'Count Woman/What's That?" DECCA 7823 E-/E+ MB $20
212. Peetie Wheatstraw — "Mister Livingood/The Good Lawd's Children" DECCA 7879 E MB $20
213. Whistler & His Jug Band — "The Jug Band Special / Pig Meat Blues" OKEH • E With lam crack on B-side, but it doesn't affect PLAY AT ALL! This record sounds NEW! And a GREAT JUG BAND RECORD IT IS—Rare! MB $500
214. Georgia White — "You Got To Drop The Sack/Furniture Man" DECCA 7689 E MB $20
215. Ellis Williams — "Buttermilk Blues / Smokey Blues" COLUMBIA 14482 • E+ GREAT HARP AND GUITAR SOLOS MB $400
216. Henry Williams And Eddie Anthony — "Georgia Crawl/Lonesome Blues" COLUMBIA 14328 V+ Plays E+ MB $300
217. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Worried Me Blues/Frigidare Blues" BLUEBIRD 7404 E MB $100
218. Sonny Boy Williamson — "I Been Dealing With The Devil/War Time Blues" BLUEBIRD 8580 E/E+ MB $50
219. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Ground-Hog Blues/Broken Heart Blues" BLUEBIRD 9031 E MB $50
220. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Miss Stella Brown/Desparado Woman" BLUEBIRD 34-0736 E MB $30
221. Jimmy Yancey — "Crying In My Sleep/Death Letter Blues" BLUEBIRD 8630 E/E+ MB $30
222. Jimmy Yancey And Faber Smith — "I Received A Letter/East St. Louis Blues" VOCALION 05464 E/E+ MB $25
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My March 31, 2026 Strachwitz Pre-War Blues 78's Auction highlights
Good luck, everybody!
John Tefteller
Next Month's Auction:
Special Consignment Auction #2: Rockabilly • Boppers • Rock & Roll • Country 45's and 78's!