Hey everyone! Long-time lurker, first-time poster...
So, I just acquired a couple of Ludwig drums today, and I was curious about what they're worth. They are a 20"x14" virgin Club Date bass drum (no tom mount, no spurs...just lug casings and badge) and a Pioneer snare (with baseball bat muffler). Both drums have keystone badges, blue sparkle wrap, white interiors, and are in pretty close to immaculate condition, inside and out, except a few tiny scratches on the sparkle and a little rust on a couple of the tension rods. I'll figure out the year from the serial numbers sometime soon.
I'm wondering what the bass drum is worth compared to a non-virgin shell. Granted, it has club date lug casings, so it might not be the most valuable drum ever, but still...
I've looked through the catalogs at vintagedrumguide, and I couldn't find a kick/snare combo without the bass drum being single-tension rod tuned. Back in the day, was it possible or even common to buy just parts of the kits? I see in the catalogs that the pieces were individually priced out. I'm trying to decide whether to build a kit around them or to sell them if they're collectable or valuable (I don't really want to collect at this point, and I don't want to chance ruining them if they are valuable at all). Any insight would be great. Thanks!