youre right on track. those are 70's Ludwigs in butcher block wrap. if the center bass mount is original, there might be a missing tom somewhere. that might explain the non butcher block drum. might wanna show us the snare and cymbals. they can sometimes be as valuable/more valuable as the drums.

mike

The numbers on the badges are the serial numbers. They can be used to figure out the approximate year of manufacture but they do not contain any other information (Ludwig themselves did not keep any records of serial numbers nor did the numbers encode any sort of information about the drum).

They look to be some nice drums. I see the bass drum has four spurs which is a neat plus. The finish (Butcher Block Cortex on all but the smaller tom which is maple cortex) is somewhat polarizing as people tend to either love it or hate it but the ones that love it seem to outnumber the haters (although I'm not too fond of it myself).

Does anyone know how much these are worth?

you can check completed sales on ebay. they usually give a good indicator of what the market is currently doing. good luck!

mike

The serial numbers can tell us more than the year – sometimes they can also let us know if a kit was "born together" or not.

You have a 70's butcher block kit that's missing a couple parts. The bass drum was from a different year than the toms. The non-butcher block tom is probably from 1969 or 70 (they sometimes didn't have serial numbers during this period).

It's hard to say how much to ask for, especially when we don't know about the snare and cymbals. But if you were just gonna throw these 4 drums up on craigslist? If you want to sell them fast, 700. If not, 900. If you want more, sell them individually on ebay.

The 24" kick should make this thing move pretty quickly.

Yeah $700 seems like a good price. Excellent sounding drums. Butcher blocks are always a tough sell and have a limited following.

Great little kit. The 24" is a great plus.

That is exactly what you have.. However, your 12" tom is not Butcher Block, and is a Maple Cortex wrap from what i can tell from the pics. As far as value goes, the butcher block finish is becoming more and more collectible lately, and can easily fetch a cool $1000, even though the finish is not really sought after, but a collector would probably pay that much for your set. However, it would have to be without the maple cortex 12" tom , as it is not part of the original set.. If you're looking to get rid of it for a decent price, then you can get anywhere between $800-900.

Anything lower would be an insult to a finely manufactured drum kit, no matter how aesthetically unappealing it is..