The words was the hardest thing to get and make 'em stick. Sometimes you'd sit down at night and write two or three songs, but they had the same tune to mostly all. All the blues pretty near sound alike unless you got a rare voice and put turns and trills in it - Thomas A. "Georgia Tom" Dorsey interviewed by Jim O'Neal and Amy van Singel, The Voice Of The Blues
The previous auction is at http://tinyurl.com/2aphpp You can see the other items of the seller. He sells a 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe for only $3,750,000.00
It is completely absurd. Especially since they've stuck that ugly, nasty pickguard to the top to disguise the pick wear. There's an almost identical guitar at Retrofret in Brooklyn for $8000.
The thing that always comes to mind when I see this stuff is that its not about instruments, but about money. Trolling for suckers is more like it. I wonder if any of these "gems" are ever sold for anything close to their asking price.
Now this I can see. This disc was Robert Johnson's only hit during his lifetime, in decent shape, and it's really him playing. That doesn't frost my pumpkins like a $60, 000 old, who-knows-what-providence 12 string.
BTW, Waxy, I ain't gonna pay $60,000 for your Sov.
Alex
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Interesting to note that on that RJ 78 most of the label wear is on the Terraplane side - does this indicated that it was the other side that was played most?
Hey Ghostrider You know your right. If its worth it to ya. Claptons guitar Blackie went for just shy of a million. I think Guitar center people bought it. I ain't much of a trekie,but a 6 ft model of the Enterprise D went for $500.000 I was wondering if Robert Johnson's record was a reissue it had digits on the front something like 02/25/56. I don't know if 56 is too late for a 78 or not. Don't really know anything about old records. lenny
At $60,000 I'd be afraid to touch the guitar let alone play it!
I have never played an OS Stella 12 string so I can't really judge but my hunch is its not worth paying over 100 times more than I paid for my Harmony Stella 12.. also bought on eBay..