Greetings everyone. I just got started on the forum and thought I would post a couple pics of what I still can't believe I just found at an estate sale. The gentleman who was selling everything was the original owner of this 1962 Slingerland black/gold Niles badge 12/14/20 kit in blue ripple pearl, with matching Sound King 14x5 snare. The thing is, he basically hadn't touched it since the 60s. The kit is in better condition than most museum quality kits I've seen. Absolutely no pitting, rust, scratches, dings, or dents of any kind on any part of the kit. It has the original calf skin heads (bass drum batter and 12x8 resonant are split), rail consolette, bass mounted cymbal holder, bass drum anchor, etc. On top of that, everything he bought with the kit originally was included. All the hardware (artist series hihat stand, tempo king bass pedal, flush base cymbal stand, snare stand, and throne) are there. Even the throne is in perfect condition, soft read leather with no cracking whatsoever, and still has the screw that holds the throne position in place. It includes the original canvas bags, trap case, practice pad, most of his sticks, brushes (still in great shape), drum keys, rail mount ratchet key, cymbals (14" hihats, 18" crash, 20" ride) with the "medium" print still on them and no keyholing or cracking. He also happened to have a pair of black diamond "deep hand bongos" with the split calfskin heads still on them in their original matching canvas bag. The only thing keeping this kit from being a perfect 10 is a bit of buckling of the wrap behind some of the lugs on the bass drum. I also picked up a 60's Musser M250 concert grand 4.3 octave marimba, in great shape, which he was also the original owner of. I'm going to post a couple preliminary pictures, and I'll try to get some better ones up soon. Still can't believe it.