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50's Slingerland Radio King Kit how much should i sell it for

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okay, so I put an add on CL to sell this kit, but I am not quite sure what I should price it at, I know what I want to get for it, but of course that might not be what its actually worth. so any bit of help would be appreciated and remember I need to sell this.

1950's Radio King Kit - re-wrap kit, it was originally Green Satin Flame, I think I may have posted them in the past, when I first got them, but they were in bad shape. the wrap was garage and the Floor tom had a hole and a plate was mounted inside to hold the drum up. so to make a long story short I have a lot of labor involved in this kit.

I rewrapped them with a period correct color I got from Jammin sams Green Glass Glitter and it turned out awesome. oh yea and the kit came with a single ply clamshell snare! I did pay a pretty penny for it, for but, it was the original owner, well. . .his mom bought it for him when he was kid.

well here is the important info.

Mahogany Poplar Mahogany 3 ply shells except the single ply snare

20 x 14

12x ? tom

16 x 16

14 x 5 snare

like I said it was a re-wrap and I did have to patch a hole in the Floor tom, thanks to the VDF the hole came out perfect and the FT sounds great.

check out the pics and let me know what you would be willing to spend on it. I need to know, its going up for sale soon.

I will try to post more pics or if you want pm me and I can text you better pics and videos

Thank you,

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Posted on 8 years ago
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Couldn't have been originally green satin flame as that finish didn't come out until the '60s. Not that it matters...

Posted on 8 years ago
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Considering it's a re-wrap and a patched up floor, I wouldn't pay more than $500. Is the wrap only taped at the seams? If so, then $400.

Posted on 8 years ago
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From Rich K.

Couldn't have been originally green satin flame as that finish didn't come out until the '60s. Not that it matters...

Unless that's not a 50's Radio King.

Posted on 8 years ago
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I have the original calf skin bass heads and they say radio king

Posted on 8 years ago
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From LandenLevi

I have the original calf skin bass heads and they say radio king

Someone could had added those. Do you have a picture of the kit before you re-wrapped it? Are you sure it was green satin flame?

Posted on 8 years ago
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I will try to find the original pics, I thought it could be a late 50's possibly 58 and older. Yes definitely green satin, the wrap was totally trashed.

Posted on 8 years ago
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Looks late fifties to me by the badge and hardware....

Kevin
Posted on 8 years ago
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From kevins

Looks late fifties to me by the badge and hardware....

As far as I can tell, Slingerland didn't offer green satin flame until the mid 60's. So, if that was the original finish, then it couldn't had been made in the 50's. So either that kit is from the mid 60's or someone re-wrapped them in green satin flame before L.L. bought them.

Posted on 8 years ago
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From johnnyringo

As far as I can tell, Slingerland didn't offer green satin flame until the mid 60's. So, if that was the original finish, then it couldn't had been made in the 50's. So either that kit is from the mid 60's or someone re-wrapped them in green satin flame before L.L. bought them.

No argument....I'm saying it looks mid to late fifties because of the badge and hardware....curly Chicago badge and faucet T-handles on the bass

:)

Kevin
Posted on 8 years ago
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