I've made a few scores over the years but probably my greatest was trading a set of CB700s for my Club Dates.

Got a green sparkle set of B/O Ludwigs on ebay with a Black Beauty piccolo, green coliseum, hardware, cymbals, etc for $1200. After I sold off the snares. hardware, cymbals, bags, etc, i ended up with the ludwigs, which were 24/14/16 and in fantastic condition for $400

have to say my skb blue note i flipped them and do miss the heavy sound they had....

This one; 1969 Ludwig SBP with Zildjians and stands for $185.

http://www.drumforum.org/index.php?/topic/104449-thrift-store-score-60s-zildjian-1969-sbp-ludwig/?hl= thrift store score

Wow! Some of these deals have me cringing!Walking

I've had a few of my own over the years, start with recent first;

1960 COB Ludwig Super Sensitive - was only partially there. Shell, lugs and muffler. Bought it for $10, sold it on fleaBay for $177.50

2000 Mapleworks full drum kit - was just awful! Paid $350 for them. Cleaned & polished the chrome, lightly sanded and poly'd the shells, new skins. Sold off the hardware that came with it. I'm into them for about $600 on a $2000 drum kit that sounds awesome!

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Several other snares I've bought and sold in the past:

Solid/Select - 4x14 Cocobolo, only 3 made by Johnny C. Bought for $1300, sold for $2100

Dangerous Ocheltree 5x14's - had two of them. Bought one for $450, sold it for $1000, the other bought for $750 sold for $1500. Awesome drums, should have kept one, they are very rare and hard to find.

My best score was finding this forum the day I found my first old Slingerlands. ;) Thanks mates!! Don't spend that much time here anymore but it has (and continues to be) a great ride.

Jim

I think my best score was just bidding and winning, sight unseen, lot of 9 pies-Ludwig '65 Supra in mint condition and the vintage Franks DS trap case full of odds and ends.

Opened up the trap case to pull out the cymbals and scored a 20'' Turkish K from the 50's and just under 2000 grams. Also in the stack of pies was a 20'' trans stamp A that is about 1950 grams. Then I get to the smaller cymbals and find a nice pair of 60's 14'' Paiste hats. Also of minor note were 2 Zenjian splashes, a pair of Krut hats and a Paiste Ludwig 20'' pie which I've sold.

All from Denver Goodwill using shopgoodwill.com and including having a Postal Annex guy pick up the gear and ship it to me via Greyhound bus was under $500. Already paid for itself selling off another mint '66 Supra I had and most of the minor cymbals from this score :)

That was my best score to date.

Running to Hillsboro Goodwill as we speak to pick up my newest score.

I have 4 more once in a lifetime scores also but need to run... :D :D

I made a few good scores in the last years, but i think the best was my Rogers Big R from 1978! It still has the 5ply Maple Shells with re-rings it came with cymbals, hardware and an 6/5" deep Dynasonicsnare, for 200Euros-i think thats quite close 200$:-)Yes Sir

regards

Christian

1967 Ludwig 5x14 Jazz Festival in psychedelic red for $50.

I flipped it two weeks later for $1500.

Round badge gretsch champagne sparkle. All original including covers, hardware, pedals, trap case and three great splash cymbals. $200.