George Jones's first guitar was discovered hanging on a West Kentucky artist’s wall. This was George’s first guitar and had been missing for 70 years. The guitar is being auctioned by Heritage Auctions starting now and ending November 7, 2021.
Cape Girardeau, United States - October 18, 2021 /PressCable/ —
Charleston, MO October 16, 2021: Clifford Rolwing of CTR Marketing of Charleston, MO, announces the beginning of the auction at Heritage Auctions of Dallas Texas, which will finalize on November 7th, 2021. Clifford Rolwing just published the story on Amazon of the guitar being discovered after missing for 70 years in “I Was Lost, Now I’m Found!” George Jones in an interview for Country Weekly magazine in 1999 said of this guitar: “It was a brand new Gene Autry guitar with a horse and lariat on the front” George recalls. “I took it home and it hardly ever left my hands. Note by note, I learned to play it. I’ve owned countless expensive guitars in my life, but none of them ever meant any more to me than that little Gene Autry model.” The guitar was so treasured, that George Jones signed it on the back to avoid having it stolen. It is believed to be one of the first George Jones signatures known.
The journey of more than 10,000 miles of the authentication of George Jones First Guitar is told in this new book “I Was Lost, Now I’m Found!” The guitar was a Gene Autry “Cowboy Guitar” built in the late thirties by the Harmony Company. The book is available thru Amazon Books. The Guitar was given to George Jones by his father and George learned to play and walked the streets of Beaumont, Texas during the depression playing for tips. Soon George’s father had George playing and singing those streets for family income. “After my dad got me my first little guitar, I wouldn’t lay it down, hardly,” Mr. Jones told The Tennessean. “I took it to school with me. I’d hide it in the woods and cover it with leaves, and if a big rain came and it got wet, I’d pour the water out of it. Them guitars never warped.” The water stains are still visible inside the guitar today.
By 15, Mr. Jones was playing and singing on the streets of Beaumont, Texas. George recalled in an interview, “With his initial earnings, I went to a penny arcade, bought candy and played pinball. And At 16, I ran away to Jasper, Texas, where I sang at a local radio station. I later worked the Honky Tonk Circuit of East Texas to hone my craft.” It all started with George Jones First Guitar!
Upon discovering the importance of a decorative guitar hanging on the friend’s wall, Clifford Rolwing arranged to purchase the guitar from the friend in Kevil, KY. Clifford offered to purchase the guitar but thought it best to think about the offer for an evening before making a cash offer. “I thought on it all night and the following day, I made him an offer he couldn’t refuse”. That was in December of 2011. Clifford has now consigned the guitar to the Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas to auction the guitar in the proper venue. Clifford said “There is nothing that George Jones has ever owned in his life that is more significant to his becoming “The King of Country Music” than this Historic Gene Autry Cowboy Guitar! It shaped George Jones’s destiny to become the most famous country singer in modern history.”
“I believe that it is of such great value that everyone should have the opportunity to view this piece of history since “The King” has past.” Clifford said. The Heritage Auction Company, with world-class experts and connections with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Hong Kong, London, Berlin, and Paris would be the perfect venue to offer a true appreciation for the “King of Country Music.” For more information and bidding registration regarding this rare guitar contact Heritage Auctions thru Heritage Auctions, Dallas TX.
Clifford Rolwing, who was in Dallas, TX recently to meet with the professionals of Heritage Auctions regarding the auction starting now and finalizing on November 7th in the collection of Famous Guitars said. ” I have tracked down all of the history of the guitar and authenticated the history behind this unique and famous guitar. George Jones himself even held the guitar in Branson, Missouri and proclaimed that it indeed was his first guitar.”
About CTR Marketing
Headquartered in Charleston, Missouri, CTR Marketing is a privately held, family real estate development company that specializes in residential acquisition, development and homebuilding for select clients. The firm was founded in 2005 and has grown consistently, responding to a variety of retail and real estate economic opportunities.
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