I just bought a red sparkle '60's MIJ set for $150 from my local music store. You don't mind putting the work into them at that price. Yet, there's a cool little red sparkle MIJ set for sale out on Long Island for $99! Those are the deals you want to find. My theory is, there are too many know-it-all drummers are out there extolling the virtues (are there any, really?) of these drums, and the dealers capitalize on it. Nobody seems to know why old MIJ sets are rising in value, but the Internet has had a big factor in this. These old MIJ sets can be made to sound better with good heads, re-cut bearing edges and proper tuning, but all that costs money, and they are never going to sound as good as American drums from that time. They always have a little wiggle room, but most of what they sell are sets with issues that need TLC, so you have to factor in those costs also. The drums are inferior in every way, but some of them had wrapped finishes that were unavailable on American drums, so for some reason, vintage drum dealers are now charging inflated prices for rarer finishes, vis a vis, dealers in PA in TN who ask outrageous prices for this stuff. They could buy little Johnny a Stewart or Zim-Gar set for $199. They were for parents who didn't want to spend $400-500 on an American set. These drums were meant to be low priced competitors to the high quality American drums of the '60's. The biggest annoyance to me are the overpriced '60's-early '70s MIJ sets. But I've seen vintage sets start at $2000 and within two months, the seller has gone down to $799 or less. If $$ isn't an issue, the drums will languish for months. It depends on how motivated the sellers are. I also see common Slingerland sets on Reverb priced at four times their actual worth. The color is rare, but tended to develop blotchy black marks over time, which plagues this drumset. '60's pink sparkle Slingerland set on Ebay-$1695. Some guy has been trying to sell a nice RK set in Orange County, NY, for big bucks on CL for months and won't drop his price. That's more than twice what they're worth in reality. Various '40's Slingerland Radio King drumsets-$4000 and up. Worth $800 max, due to Zildjian cymbals included. It is a somewhat rare finish.Įarly '70's MIJ gold satin flame five piece set-$1971. I follow the vintage drum market closely on Reverb, Ebay and CL, and I'm dismayed and frankly amazed at the prices some people are asking for drums, such as:ġ970's early Pearl drumset in red swirl finish-$2000.
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