I used to have a customer in Japan that would pay $175 for every clean Lud Acro snare I could find..
I once shipped 12 at 1 time to him!
Anyway,I was at a huge flea market here 5-8 years ago..and noticed a
snare case under a table...I opened it up..and there was a complete Acro starter kit...snare/stand /pad...
grand total....$5!!
So,I figured I just made $170...so the whole rest of the days shopping was free!
I found their vintage site online after LOADS of searching...and they were asking $700 each for Acro's!>>So..no wonder they could offer $175!