1941 – Bit of Asch-Gretsch trivia plus an indication of Asch's pre-Stinson retail sales:

“According to Asch's records, he had sold seventy-three copies of Work Songs [of the U.S.A.] between May and September; another one hundred were sold by the Fred Gretsch Company, a manufacturer and retailer of records. Combined with the nineteen copies of Play Parties that Asch had sold in the same period of time, Leadbelly had earned a grand total of $11.58 in royalties.”
[Goldsmith, p.109]