Hi all.
I'm a lapsed drummer with parts of the kit that I bought in the late '60's. Much of the equipment either decided not to move with me from time to time or went off to find different, maybe better, drummers, and what's left is doing no good sitting in the closet. Problem is, I don't know what it's worth or, maybe more important, what to do with it. I've been reluctant to clean things, since I don't know what I'm doing, and don't know whether that would even factor in to what things are worth. (Really nice guide to restoration on this site, though, for which, thanks.) Maybe I'm a victim of antiques roadshow, where the advice always seems to be to leave the crud-encrusted thing alone. And I don't know if ebay is the way to go, and whether to have anything appraised, and even then whether to restore it first.
Anyway, the stuff I have that might be worth anything is, in very descending order:
5x14 Rogers dynasonic, #11423, wood, blue pearl, bottom head ripped, missing one lug, a very little rust on one lug, and s little pitting on some chrome, everything else looks (and sounds) great.
A. Aildjian cymbals, 22" ride, 18" crash/ride, 2 14" hi hat, all with the patina of age.
Ghost pedal, seems to work fine and looks actually a lot like it did when I bought it, just a lot dirtier.
And a Rogers cymbal stand which I wouldn't even mention except that one I saw on ebay seemed to fetch a good price.
Any advice about whether to start restoring would be most welcome. I assume that if I had things appraised the appraiser would look past the correctable flaws - or not? Thanks for any help.