[78-L] $1,000 for a business card?

[Cary Ginell]

I don't need the actual card. I can download the image from the eBay listing, which is good enough for me. Saves me a thousand bucks. It wouldn't be an investment because I doubt you'd be able to resell it for more than that. It has no information that is not already known about Rodgers. A signed letter, an unissued recording, or a radio transcription would be worth more than this. Only if you are a Rodgers completist would this be worth buying, IMHO. 
 
Cary Ginell
 

> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:47:32 +0200
> From: ekluwer at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
> 
> It might be worth to me if it's truly authentic..
> 
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Heck no. I don't think it's worth it, but it's certainly authentic. I have
> > better things to spend a thousand clams on, if I could afford it!
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:41:14 +0200
> > > From: ekluwer at gmail.com
> > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
> > >
> > > Hi Cary,
> > >
> > > Did YOU actually made the bid on this item..??
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Why not? Rodgers was a self-promoter. He took any small amount of
> > success
> > > > and aggrandized it. He gets on a little local radio station and blows
> > it up
> > > > out of proportion to proclaim himself as a "National Radio Artist." He
> > sold
> > > > himself to Ralph Peer this way. And he continued using that phrase
> > after
> > > > the Bristol sessions, even though he still had no further radio
> > experience.
> > > > As for the variety of instruments, I'm not sure of your point. Rural
> > string
> > > > musicians often played multiple instruments. There is a
> > well-distributed
> > > > picture of this group that features Rodgers, wearing rimless glass,
> > playing
> > > > a banjo, yet he never recorded on any instrument other than guitar. The
> > > > Jimmie Rodgers Entertainers was not "set up," it was just a group of
> > > > friends that played together wherever they could. There was probably no
> > > > formalized arrangement among the members. Rodgers split from the group
> > > > literally on the eve of his first recording session.
> > > >
> > > > I think it was not only plausible that Rodgers would have cards
> > printed up
> > > > (they weren't expensive), but perfectly in line with his personality
> > and
> > > > habits to do so. When it was done was beside the point. They were local
> > > > performers in the Asheville area in the spring of 1927, looking for
> > other
> > > > avenues. Makes perfect sense to me.
> > > >
> > > > Cary Ginell
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> > > > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:28:43 -0700
> > > > > Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
> > > > >
> > > > > I doubt that this card comes from before the Bristol sessions because
> > > > > just appearing on a local Ashville NC station would not make them
> > > > > "National Radio Artists", and supposedly they were unknowns when that
> > > > > session occurred. Especially considering the variety of instruments
> > > > > listed, could he have set up a company which provided performers for
> > > > > events, not necessarily including JR himself?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > > from: Bill McClung <bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
> > > > > >> It's the fonts that make it questionable. And was P.O. Box the
> > usual
> > > > term?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
> > > > > > This is the group that split up before the Bristol session of
> > August
> > > > 1927,
> > > > > > with Jimmie Rodgers going off to be a solo artist and the remaining
> > > > members
> > > > > > becoming the Tenneva Ramblers. And somebody has even bid on it!
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/JIMMY-RODGERS-ENTERTAINERS-BUSINESS-CARD-1927-Ashboro-NC-Teneva-RamblersOriginal-/330721725741?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4d008d0d2d
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cary Ginell
> > > > >
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