I just dont see this being their kit. Bill Gates, Sultan of Brunei, doesnt matter. Their $18,000 is going to some custom thing with gold lugs and an 18 coat lacquer. Its going to be new, have all matching hardware, and some paid housekeeper will dust it once a week.
The old "I don't really want to sell it, I just want to show it off" price
If I hit the $500mil Powerball....I still wouldn't be interested. Not sure how many zillionaire drummers are out there who had a poster of this set on their bedroom wall in 1978 and thought: "SOME day", but I guess it only takes one.Anyone needing a 17 pc kit with all the matching original Titan hardware from 1978?
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Not many zillionaire drummers that I'm aware of besides Phil Collins and Don Henley. They probably don't need or want such a kit.
Um...even fewer that dreamed of this set, like I said.
I support a local music store with a small drum section who's been in business for over 40 years. The owner/manager has said many times to me "we run a store, not a museum' with an obvious meaning.
...and 65 year old me is thinking about how I could do a really nice bathroom remodel for that much money.
Truth.
I don't think ( <- debatable always..) these items "make or break" DB. He has a "normal" store too "within the exotic showroom"... doesn't he
So the question is: what does that gain the poster?
It's not my price. It is interesting how the value of an item changes from owner to owner. Perspective, ownership and capital all come into play.
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Funny, I was just thinking about such a list today. Bill Berry of R.E.M. put out a video today, the first with his new band, and the first such video he's done in (I think) 26 years. And he seems to be playing the same Pearl kit as he was back in the mid-90s, only without any rack toms. Because that, friends, is one way the truly wealthy get and stay wealthy: they don't spend money. (Online estimates are that Bill Berry has a networth of 40 million dollars, but I would not at all be surprised if it's quite a bit higher.)
