As Indiana Jones would say: "They belong in a museum"! There could not be a more ordinary drum set from the period. However, the provenance and mojo attached to the drums are unmatched by very few sets of drums. My hunch is that Bennett is publishing the offer to sell the drums for such a steep price in order to establish a worth for the drums that will be displayed as museum pieces somewhere like the hall of fame. I am not very knowledgeable about tax laws. I'll guess that someone in this forum knows tax laws to tell me if I'm wrong about doing such a thing to get a huge tax write off.

Speaking of woodstock. A few years ago I bought 2 splash cymbals that belonged to Phillip Wilson of the Paul Butterfield band. I have yet to see a clip of him to see if he had these cymbals at Woodstock. I also saw him/with Butterfield at The Fillmore. Phil plays drums on one of my all-time favorites in "Drunk Again".The drums are simple yet as a whole the song it tooooo kool. Elvin Bishop at his best..........

$350K = the price of mojo

Mojo.....or ego?

Wonder if you offered $348,000 if he would bite?

Well, it is THE Santana set from Woodstock. Woodstock was like nothing else ever in the history of live music concerts. The story behind why Santana was even there and then the subsequent performance, was...well, quite historic in the world of rock music/rock concerts/the change that was taking place in our society at that time/flower children/hippies/"the brown acid"/etc. That drum set was there. It is an icon. As to it's value.....Who can say? Where does one begin to attach a value? What price would you put on it?

Things that are attached to iconic events often command a lot of money. Can you imagine what THE Ringo set from the Ed Sullivan Show is going to sell for one day? I can guarantee you it will sell for a sliiiiiiight bit more than $350K...and why? -the same reason as given above - These are the objects that have been "to the moon and back" so-to-speak. That drum set is a tangible object that echoes an era that is now intangible.

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$350,000

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You know, in all honesty, Donn Bennett buys those kinds of sets just to have them in his shop as an enticement to come in and look around and maybe buy something. If someone comes in and wants it at that price, then I'll assume they aren't out hunting for a bargain. If not, then he will likely keep it at that price for awhile and use it as such and then one day sell it for whatever price it may bring.

There is a caveat to all these vintage sets, though. The day will come when all the people who could feel connected to that bygone era will be dead and no one will be left to give a toss about them one way or another. They'll just be drums again if enough time goes by!

Bingo!

Yes Sir