working on polishing the kit!!!! looks awesome!!!!! pictures coming soon.

here are some pic's there are more on the for sale forum

Been out for a while, did you sell your kit, or decide to keep it. I hope you were able to hold on to it, because under the current economy I doubt you would get what you would deserve.

I will say that I haven't seen any Hollywoods, especially 70's go for over $2000 regardless of the condition. Actually now that I'm thinking about it, I don't recall seeing one go for that much. My observation is the superclassic setup is more desireable.

Certainly having the cymbals and cases make the whole kit complete, I'm just not sure how much if any extra anyone would be willing to pay. For me I know that I don't store any of my collection in cases.

The best of luck to you.Jump For Joy

Apparently, it sold for $2750.00 -which was right about what I thought it should sell for. Launchpad posted about the sale in the For Sale section. I responded to it. And then suddenly the post that I responded to was deleted. But I do remember that he said it went to a drummer who was a student of Joe Morello's or something like that.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]You don't see white sparkle very often, either.......[/COLOR]

That's because Ludwig didn't make "white sparkle"...that set is silver sparkle.

Only Slingerland had "sparkling white" and it didn't look like that; it was white with gold sparkles.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Then that's either the most faded silver I have ever seen, the pics are washed out, or I'm smokin' sumthin'.....:eek:[/COLOR]

Nope. It's silver sparkle from 1970. Somehow, it turns milky white. It's very beautiful, that way, though!Burger Kin

I have a set of Ludwig silver sparkles that were built in 71. They have the clear maple insides. They are absolutely a white sparkle now. It's a serious fade. Personally, I don't like the fade. I am pulling the faded wrap and slipping on a gold sparkle wrap. I'm 'one of those' drummers that really couldn't care less about resale value. I want to play these things. I am very excited about the drop in this market. I'm shopping for some drums and am looking forward to putting my hands on a kit that has previously been on the stupid side of outrageous. It's a Rogers kit with that unbelievably cool swan leg hardware. So artistically sweet!