I did a four piece kit myself in a blue marine pearl and that set me back around 250USD just for the materia from Precisionl. There would be a few hours of labour on top of that. The names that keep coming up are Precision Drum, Jammin' Sam, Bonzo and Jack Lawton (virtually all of them with links here, I think).
Doing it yourself is not actually that difficult if you follow the instructions herein and on the various sites and forums. Only bit I found really tough to get exactly right was trimming the wrap up to the bearing edges. Otherwise it's actually pretty easy, surprisingly quick and very satisfying in a "I dun that" kind of way.
Having said that, have a serious think about doing a re-wrap on a kit with an existing wrap in good condition - in collector world you will be seriously diminishing the re-sale value.
And as for "that" finish I wrote something about this on a forum (this one?) as early as this morning. There are a lot of Butcher's Block kits around right now because they were wildly fashionable in the early 70s and (right this second) look really dreadful so people are off-loading the highly prized Rogers kits relatively cheaply just because of the aesthetics (I suspect).
Because there are a lot of these available some of the young hipsters will finally be able to afford them (remember, cool indie bands dig the vintage stuff as well). Then we are about 30 seconds away from some of these kits turning up with the hot new band this minute and suddenly Butcher's Block will be a fashionable again and, once they've been around for a few months, you'll suddenly be thinking "hey, that Butcher's Block is kinda cool".
Retro pearls, sparkles and the like have had a very long revival period - now all those very late 60s and early 70s kits with natural lacquered finishes (complete with battle scars) will start to come onto the vintage market. I confidently predict "beaten up" natural finishes are the next WMP or silver sparkle (and possibly just as loud).
Just got myself a natural maple Camco kit and couldn't be happier. Convinced me to strip a previously recovered kit back to the original lacquered wood as well (and I know Butcher's Block is just a plastic wrap - given Rogers fantastic rep on everything else, I never understood this). OK, rant over.
Cheers,
David