Mike Curotto is the best person to answer this question. I remember seeing this drum on Ebay and was surprised that all of the hardware is original and looks like it will clean up really nice.

I can't recall if the butt and strainer were original, but the Stipel Gold snare drums had a really cool textured gold finish.

The drums are rare in my opinion and I have only seen a few with that badge. Mike probably has one, two ??.... He could probably tell you that

for sure.

The extra holes will need to be filled and I would gather even the parts are worth $$ so the drum is worth more then you paid.

There again Mike knows more about these parts and how hard they are to find in nice condition.

Send him and Email or PM him on the forum.

David

Stipplegold was a finish Ludwig and Ludwig used in the '20s and early '30s. (Mike C. should know exactly.) It looked like a gold paint mixed with sand. It wasn't very durable andmany times drums in that finish were sanded down and painted over, like the drum you got. THey did this on bass drums and on both wood and metal drums. In original condition, they are pretty sought after...there are a bunch of them around that have been messed with. Now, if you can find the extremely rare, painted over black, made into a stool with a Leedy strainer version, it's worth millions. (Just kidding.)

Because your drum is so messed with, it's probably worth more for the parts that as a whole drum to restore. I think the $300 or so that you paid is a good deal.

That's pretty much it re: what Rich said...that drum un-futzed with would be worth a lot of money as there are fewer Stipelgold wood snares than metal......here's a photo of what the finish would look like on a metal drum.

Mike Curotto

Thank you all. I like the way the hardware looks and the drum sounds fine. I'm just going to play it. Maybe refinish it, maybe not.

Just sold it as is with new heads and snare wires for $533.