[COLOR="DarkRed"]Your friend is right ;)

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/pearl_badges.html

With the snare probably about $500. They aren't a sought-after kit, there are a lot of 'em around...although they are certainly respectable enough.[/COLOR]

This era and the one immediately preceding (big hex rod)are my favorite Pearl drums.Very solid hardware,including tom mounts and spurs.Jupiters kick a$$!Put a nice round over edge on the toms and it's the perfect all-around GB set.Not the flashiest color,but,so what?Like my Royce/Export set,I'd seal up the lauan (!)interiors with one of the special interior paint formulas on this site and have at it.

Thanks, the interiors are sealed with a dark gray paint. Now I'm hearing they could be from the 80s.

I would be suprised if they were 80s- more like 70s badges to me. The early mide 70s Pearl were nice- they lost me between 80-90.

I would say the estimate of 500$ is a bit too much for these drums even with a snare considering what drums you can buy with 500$ these days. I would say 350$ is a fair price.

I agree with the Man from Japan-$350-or wait a week for 5 more to come up on Ebay.There's been a guy up here in Mass.that can't GIVE his 90's Exports away for $125,and they are Selects,with maple interiors.Same style tom mounts and spurs,green lacquer stain.

Thanks for all the great info. I also have a bunch of hardware that goes with it that I still have to inventory - maybe another $100 for it then?

In order to give an accurate appraisal,we need a total list.Hi-hat pedal,bass pedal,2 or three stands if really nice might add $100.Knick-nacks add up,can be sold or traded.Period correct or original parts make a nice total package,add value.

Note:according to the Pearl catalog page on this site,the set can be dated to around 1978.Badges,mounts correlate to this catalog.

Thanks, do you have the link to that catalogue page?

I have a 79 catalog I can find and post some pages later tonight possibly- Let me take a look see.