...So, I say 350 would be reasonable. ...Yeah, you can score one like this at the old lady's garage sale for $100, but it would need a ton of time to clean/polish, possibly parts, and all new heads whcih do not come cheap these days at all. Besides, it is becoming much more rare these days to find these at the sales. There is a difference between what we are looking at here vs. what we discover pre-restore.John
Agreed, 100 percent.
We're all hunting here still for bargains, which hopefully are out there, anywhere, right? Nevertheless: the respective targets will become more rare and rare - apparently time works against us.
In the last years this VDF and it's members have developed huge steps
1. to make the vintage drum manufacturers transparent,
2. to give assistance in restoring a dusty rusty looking vintage drumset,
3. to help with ANY question coming up on ANY theme about vintage drums.
You don't need another forum to go into deep in vintage drums.
That said, it was a benefit to have this VDF.
The other side of the coin: people, formerly innocent in vintage drums, learn to appreciate value for these dusty rusty (= vintage) drumsets = which continuously will lead to rising price even at the cheap vintage MIJ drumsets.
I really have spent some time in thinking about my STAR website, whether it's a good (= for other vintage fans) or a bad idea (for my wallet, when the prices rise).
Finally, you know, that I've found my decision ;)
Again, the stated price by Drummerjohn333 seems reasonable for me.
Ralf
