It would bee nice if this individual put some up for sale, and if he bought them in '79 he may be getting a bit old so perhaps this will come to pass in the not too distant future. If he really has such a large collection though, he would have to auction them only a few at a time. Could you imagine what would happen to the price of Old Ks if he put 75 or 100 up for auction in a period of a few weeks with more to come? The prices would stay stable at first but would quickly start to drop. I would guess if he had a few hundred cymbals and auctioned them off over a 6 month period, the price would probably fall to less then 50% of what they average now. Of course, once they were all sold, prices would start to rise again. Does this individual actually play any of them?
I don't think he's about to do anything like that. Primarily because he'd be working against his own best interest in doing something like that. But he does let a few dribble out from time to time. He sold 2 to Steve Maxwell. And a drummer that I know bought some too. He went there and said "bring out anything that you're willing to part with". On his first trip he had his choice of 5 - 22" new stamps. He came back with one 22" new stamp that was one of the best I've heard yet. Then he went back about a year later and came back with a 20" new stamp and another 22" both of which are killer.
