Story time!
I went to an estate sale the other day because I had heard there would be a snare drum there, and from one picture I saw of the snare, I knew it was a Ludwig (Proper lugs.) Figured I'd go check it out. I'm in my early 20s, so not too much money here, but figured if it were a snare from the 60s or 70s, I'd be willing to give the person $150 for it, if I could talk them down. I walked in and the woman pointed me in the direction of an entire drumset, (sans floor tom.) I picked it up and turned the drums over to try to find a badge, starting with the 9x13 tom. It was a gold sparkle Ludwig kit, in great condition. I turn the tom over, expecting a B/O badge, only to instead be greeted by a Ludwig Transition Badge. I knew I had to have this kit, which was a 20x14 bass, 9x13 tom, and what I was almost positive was a 5x14 Jazz Fest. I asked the woman how much she wanted to sell them for, expecting an insane number. I figured she'd done her research.
Instead, she looks at me and says, "Well, I know it's an old kit, and I want to give you a fair price, so I'll give you all the drum stuff (Included a pedal, some stands, and a 16'' Zanchi Vibra Paper Thin Crash, as well as what I assume is a Vibra top hi hat) for $60.
I brought them home, looked inside and they're stamped in red ink, September 29th, 1960, September 29th 1960, and September 30th, 1960. Now this forum may know better, and any help would be greatly appreciated, but I think that there's a floor tom somewhere in that house, that would complete the set. Did Ludwig sell a kit like this in 1960 without the floor tom, or should I ask the owners of the house if it might be somewhere in there to complete the set?
I'm currently in the process of cleaning them up, so hopefully more pictures will follow. I've already finished up with the snare.
Unfortunately, I can't get the images to attach, so here's an imgur album of the find. In addition, here's a single picture of the cleaned up snare.
