Bidding for a Record; Blues for Blind Willie Johnson; Dark Was The Night...

Ebay! I've been trying for years to locate a copy of an original 78rpm record by Blind Willie Johnson, one of the great classics of gospel blues slide guitar, "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground".
I'd used a short extract at the beginning of a film I'd made back in 1964. I have the recording on vinyl and CD, but three or four times I've made bids on Ebay auctions for 78rpm copies that have come up. This time I was determined to try and secure the excellent copy illustrated below. Others made bids in the last few minutes much higher than I was willing to go, so of course I lost it. It sold for US $1,106.79.

A similar copy sold for US$2500 in September 2013.

See also, John Tefteller

It's a priceless work of art. I'll have to be happy with my vinyl copy. It's the music that counts, after all.

See also, Unearthly Laments, Christopher King, Oxford American

The Life of a Song: ‘Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground’Blind Willie Johnson’s ethereal tune was among a collection of music encoded in a disc attached to Voyager 1

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Nobody's Fault But Mine

Available as a 45RPM vinyl single - just $10

Available from Bim-Bam Records for £7:

BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON IT’S NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE / DARK WAS THE NIGHT (First ever 45rpm of this 1927 Rural Country-Blues classic – small hole in centre) COLUMBIA £7

The influential EP illustrated  below was first released in 1958:

Another great classic, by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Ebay auction starting price £1,695.00: