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1958 Slingerland Drum set – 1 owner, complete original set – pricing/selling help

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This was my father’s drum set and some of you may remember I posted about it last year in order to get some help identifying things and setting it up. The input I got was great, including many people’s hopes for me to keep them and learn to play them myself. I had been tossing that very idea around off and on…. and they’ve been set up almost a year now. I do enjoy occasionally beating on them when I pass by them, but unfortunately, I haven’t had the time or drive to take it seriously. As much as there is a part of me that loves that idea, the rest of life is in the way and I need to downsize and focus my energies about 100 other places. Thus, I have my family’s permission (primarily from the boss-sister  ) to give selling them a go.

I got some good advice on researching their value on eBay, reverb, and on the forums, and then a number of suggestions to just over-price them to start as the feedback was really positive on the shape the set was in and the rarity/value of having this type set reasonably complete from this time period.

So I’ve done as much research as I can for a vintage-drum-knowledge novice searching closed-auction prices and active listings as well as watching the local market for instruments since it is pretty significant where I live. (Nashville). I’m still not 100% on the exact appropriate price for the set; I know I’d like to sell it all together in order to keep it together and hopefully get it into the hands of someone truly looking for something complete like this. I’ve seen duco sets from the same time period sell on reverb and in the local market in Nashville for as low as $800ish, and I’ve seen sets that look rougher and are less complete sell for $2000 and up. I haven’t seen any sets that have all the stands/cymbals/stool/drums and other accessories like this one. I presume this would be called a “players set”, definitely not something for a museum… yet it appears to be in better overall shape and more complete than almost everything else I’ve seen marketed as a “players set”.

Since this forum is where I got the highest quality help initially, I decided to post this here before turning to sell in the local marketplace in Nashville and/or online. I’d like to give anyone on the forum first-look/first-chance at the set if it is something they would be interested in. And if not no worries, just getting some more good input on low & high ranges for fair-pricing of the set would give me confidence that I’m not undervaluing or overvaluing anything. So any input you may have on high/low ranges of value, please let me know. I’m not looking for anyone to be taken advantage of (including me and my family), just trying to understand fair-value as best I can.

Thanks for making it this far in this overly-lengthy post; I can also move this to a formal “for sale” section once I have a little more input from everyone (presuming that is appropriate).

Attached are some pictures, and here is the link to the original post I made with more information on the set as well as more history of this particular set:

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=65440

Temporary wix Website with a ton more pictures:

https://jeffsstuff1.wixsite.com/drums

Posted on 4 years ago
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Images of drumset

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More images of drumset

Posted on 4 years ago
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In order to maximize the selling prices, I recommend three listings. (1). List the four drums with the cases/bags... (2). List the entire hardware package--not piecing them out singly...(3). List the less-than-professional grade cymbals as a grouping. I think that fair prices would be $999 for the drums and bags including shipping to the lower 48 states... $250 for the hardware package including shipping to the lower 48 states... $150 for the cymbals with shipping extra.If someone insists on buying it all together, I'd hold firm at $1,200 with shipping costs to be determined.

No matter how far you push the envelope, it is still stationery.
Posted on 4 years ago
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Jeffm333! I completely agree with the prices listed above by leedybdp. Best of luck with your sale!

-Mark

Posted on 4 years ago
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The ZILDJIAN is a 50’s Small Stamp A (SSA) with original “MEDIUM” ink making it both desirable and collectible. If in excellent condition, I’ve sold such a cymbal in a 20” for $200-250 shipped and a 22” for $225-275 shipped. 50s 20” Medium is much lighter (2100-2200g) when compared to today’s weight (2300-2400g). Less weight equals more dollars.

It takes a lot of research and work to sell a set separately online and it just might not be a good fit for you. Brass however is easy because you’re just selling and packing sheets of metal. Look for Zenstat posts for more info on Zildjian. UFIP can catch fair money too. As much as I like to avoid eBay and the fees, solid pictures and good faith descriptions in an auction could yield more money on some of the items in your set. Trying to sell the drums and hardware locally is your best bet to save time and energy. It’s a good play for Nashville. Just a few one time thoughts.

Posted on 4 years ago
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The bass drum is a single tension version so that knocks the value down somewhat. Duco finishes bring less than pearl finishes but that duco is in pretty nice shape. I have that same snare but in the Leedy version and it is a great sounding drum.

Posted on 4 years ago
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I think that I missed seeing that the large cymbal is a Zildjian because the photo is a reverse image. So, there is one fairly valuable cymbal--a rose between the thorns.The single-tension bass drum can easily be converted to dual tension with no drilling required.

No matter how far you push the envelope, it is still stationery.
Posted on 4 years ago
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From thin shell

The bass drum is a single tension version so that knocks the value down somewhat. Duco finishes bring less than pearl finishes but that duco is in pretty nice shape. I have that same snare but in the Leedy version and it is a great sounding drum.

+1 and adding to thin shell's comments the drum kit is essentially a student model with an added floor tom. Regardless of how the snare sounds it is a student model and that does affect value. Be sure you are comparing "apples to apples" when looking at sold listings. With the exception of the cymbals, leedybdp's pricing appears to be in the ballpark. Good luck with your sale.

Posted on 4 years ago
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To me the value in that kit is it's vibe/mojo and era correctness.Ideally it would go to a player that wants to use it for what it was made for,would playing Chicago blues,old school country trad jazz or Texas swing be inspirational on that kit?I sure think so.If I wasn't needing the money quick I would price it high enough to keep the flippers and low ballers away but to give someone who would appreciate owning and playing it a fair square deal.

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