Will the appraiser...

Great screen name for someone on here.....

Tell me there is no serial number on the supra! I was looking at the close-up photo and I don't see one. If that turns out to be a COB... we can all go home! Nobody will ever make a score this huge again.

Congrats on what is already, the score of the year. If that 'Supra' turns out to be a 'Super,' then you really 'Stepped in $hit!' :p

John

Beautiful Kit! It looks like the BD pedal is even sporting its original white nylon strap. Now all you need is a Maple finish Aristocrat to set off the BD hoops. Or Precision might be able to come close to matching the Walnut stain. Here's a shot of their Walnut finish drums.

Haha, I've been keeping my eyes out for the snare.

I actually have 1 of the original BD hoops and 8 T-rods/claws Just liked the idea of matching hoops while I hunt the other one.

They're actually an Ebony stain, but I bet precision could match it.

This tread handles the difference between Ebony and Walnut.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=15054

I borrowed the picture from Dolfan,... hope you don't mind Steve.

On every picture of a natural Camco finish i've seen, the color-appearance seems to be different.

Very hard to tell sometimes.

Looking at the catalog finishes, I would say yours is Ebony but looking at this Ebay listing you'd say absolutely not,...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Camco-60s-Vintage-Oaklawn-Badge-14x14-F-Tom-Drum-Original-Ebony-No-Extra-Holes-/200983912152?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion&hash=item2ecb931ed8

I'm afraid that without seeing them in the flesh and compare them next to each other, it's very hard to tell.

We've seen so many oddities in Camco's manufacturing, I wouldn't be surprised that they changed the color of their stains from time to time.

Also things like lightning, camera settings, lenses and screen settings complicate things enormously.

If I minded I wouldn't have posted it. That's what it and the forum are for, to help!

Like Stedi has mentioned lighting in a pic can be deceiving. The 12" ebony tom I purchased on Ebay. The pics looked like it would be a perfect match for my walnut kit. When it arrived I couldn't believe how dark it was.

Ebony stain is quite rare. I currently own the lone 12" Chanute tom and a 6.5x14 Oaklawn snare in ebony stain. Not a sexy color IMO and probably the reason it's rare.

yeah lighting is deceiving. I feel like its an ebony still because it doesn't seem like a walnut would match it. But its really hard to tell.

Does any one have a walnut Tom they can send me pictures of (maybe the cameras settings too so I can mimic the shot to compare)

Here's pictures of the hoop and the 13" next to a Keller shell that has a walnut stain to show how "gray/black" it is in comparison. I'm sure the minds on this site can help :)

[COLOR="Red"]Pictures taken with my smart phone and then cropped so please pardon the bad(ness) of them[/COLOR].

I am 100% positive that my kit matches the darker tom. I assumed it was walnut at first but when I was looking at Walnut kits it didn't seem right. I actually used that thread to come to my conclusion

That pic from the side looks like a walnut kit with an ebony stain bass drum.