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Rock & Pop Memorabilia 1950s & 1960s
Lot 220

Ginger Baker: A spare 'Ludwig' snare drum,
circa 1975,

3 July 2013, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£2,000 - £3,000

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Ginger Baker: A spare 'Ludwig' snare drum,

circa 1975,
the drumshell in orange and red perspex vistalite® (alternative colour-way from complete kit - orange and yellow), together with a pair of 'Ginger Baker' Zildjian drumsticks, diameter 15 inches (38cm)

Footnotes

Provenance: The Baker Family.

Ludwig introduced its range of Plexiglas-shelled 'Vistalite' kits in 1973. Ginger Baker used the kit throughout this period and the original kit is visible both on stage and in promotional images of the time.

The complete original kit, for which this snare was the spare, was included as lot 346, Rock 'n' Roll Memorabilia 1956-1984, Sotheby's London, 29th August 1985.

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