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| Duncan Professional - Roy Acuff |
| Exhibit #4045 |
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| Type | Special Release |
| Shape | Standard (-) |
| Axle | Fixed |
| Finish | Unfinished |
| Color | White |
| Packaging | Display Boxed |
| Construction | Multi-piece plastic |
| Response | Starburst |
| Diameter | 59 mm |
| Width | 28 mm |
| Gap | Fixed |
| Weight | 45 gm |
| Condition | Mint in Package |
| Date | 1980 |
| To | 1984 |
| Owner | Rick Brough |
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Roy Claxton Acuff was a popular country music singer and entertainer for many years at the Grand Ole Opry, a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Acuff also occasionally used a yo-yo during his performances.
Sometime in the early 1980s, Duncan released their Professional model with a photographic picture of Roy Acuff holding his violin along with a facsimile of his signature, on one side; the opposite side had the "Opryland USA" logo. This yo-yo came in a display box and retailed for $2.00. In 1999, Infinite Illusions sold a limited supply of this model; two per order. At the time, they were selling them as new, old stock for $25. Note the barcode on the bottom flap of the box. That detail helps with the approximate time of this yo-yo's release. Though bar code technology had existed in the grocery trade since 1974, the technology did not take off in retail business until the early 1980s. As such, this yo-yo was likely released in the early to mid 1980s, not in the 1970s as some have suggested.
Compare also to the standard release of the Duncan Professional.
Hummingbird also released a wooden Roy Acuff yo-yo and a wooden yo-yo to commemorate the Grand Ole Opry venue itself. | |
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