florida-trader
1604 posts
Jun 09, 2025
10:07 AM
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Many of you who read this post are aware that I have been acting as an Authorized Agent for Sonny Terry Estate, LLC for about nine years. As such, I have assisted in the distribution of various items from Sonny’s personal collection. These items include the harmonicas Sonny performed and recorded with during his career, posters, original APA contracts, Performance Apparel, Harmonica Cases and Harmonica Belts. Working closely with Attorney Delores Boyd, Manager and General Partner of Sonny Terry Estate, LLC we have facilitated the establishment of a permanent Sonny Terry Exhibit at the German Harmonica and Accordion Museum in Trossingen, Germany. We have gifted several of Sonny’s harmonicas to various notable artists, teachers and authors who have helped keep Sonny’s music alive via their playing, teaching and books. We were directly involved with Hohner Harmonicas in the development of the Sonny Terry Heritage Edition Marine Band Harmonica. And we have offered Sonny’s worldwide legion of fans the opportunity to purchase items from Sonny’s estate for their own personal collection.
For the sake of brevity, I won’t elaborate further as all of this information is well chronicled on my website, which is www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com.
Until now, all items that were purchased by individual collectors were sold via my website. The purpose of this announcement is to advise you that moving forward, we will be offering Sonny’s collection on eBay. The auctions will start with reduced prices. Most of them will be no reserve listings and will be sold to the highest bidder. A few of the more valuable items will have a minimum reserve price.
Over the next couple of months, we will be listing items from the following categories:
• Estate Harmonicas that Sonny played during his performances and recording sessions. Each harmonica will include a shadowbox display case and a Certificate of Authenticity from the estate.
• Performance Posters from around the world
• Original Signed APA (Agency for the Performing Arts) Contracts. Almost all of the contracts bear Brownie’s original signature. Sonny’s signatures will be in the form of his famous SONNY TERRY stamp or will be signed by Sonny’s wife Emma on his behalf.
• Performance Apparel – a variety of shirts that were either owned by Sonny or worn by Sonny in his performances. Also included is a harmonica belt.
• Canes / Walking Sticks – some of Sonny’s personal walking sticks will be available. Each cane will come with a Certificate of Authenticty.
Some of the auctions will be bundles which may include various combinations such as a Poster and the Original APA Contract from that performance, or a T-Shirt with a Program, or a Poster with an LP record. There is a lot of stuff to sort through, and it will take some time to get everything organized. I will be listing a handful of items at a time spread out over several weeks. First, to ease the burden of shipping. I can only ship so many items in any given day. And second, it will create more buying opportunities for bidders who may miss out on an item they are interested in. Having all the auctions begin and end at the same time makes zero sense.
No other harmonica player had a greater influence on musicians of every genre than Sonny Terry. It is indeed rare that so many of his personal possessions have been preserved and that the Provenance is so well established. There was only one Sonny Terry. When these collectible items are gone, they are gone. If you are interested in owning a piece of history, now is the time to do it.
You will be able to find a complete listing of everything that I have listed by following this link: https://www.ebay.com/usr/bluemoonharmonicas
Thank you for your interest and your support.
Tom Halchak
Blue Moon Harmonicas LLC
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Tom Halchak
Blue Moon Harmonicas
Last Edited by florida-trader on Jun 09, 2025 10:30 AM
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