MITCH MITCHELL OF THE  JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE PERSONAL OWNED AND USED VINTAGE PREMIER DIAMOND SPARKLE SNARE DRUM
THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE ACTUAL VINTAGE SNARE DRUM BELONGING TO MITCH MITCHELL AND SOLD BY HIS WIFE DEE MITCHELL CIRCA 2012 AFTER MITCHS DEATH
 
A VINTAGE PREMIER SNARE DRUM COMPLETE WITH MORE RECENT HARDCASE ...  GREAT ITEMS BOTH OWNED AND USED BY MITCH ,I BELIEVE BUT CANNOT BE SURE THAT THIS SNARE IS FROM THE EARLY 60S ,ITS A GREAT ITEM AND POSSIBLY USED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OR HIS PRE EXPERIENCE BANDS PLEASE SEE THE ONLINE MAINSTREAM UK NEWSPAPER HEADLINES IN MY LISTING PHOTOS THAT ACTUALLY SHOW THIS SNARE DRUM AS PART OF THE COLLECTION AND EXPLAIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SALE AND THE STORAGE UNIT BELONGING TO HIS WIFE  DEE ITEMS FROM THE ESTATE OF HENDRIX EXPERIENCE DRUMMER MITCH MITCHELL,ORIGINAL OWNED ITEMS BY THE DRUMMER IN THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
 
THESE  ITEMS WERE BOUGHT ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER VINTAGE AND MORE RECENT ITEMS FROM MITCHS WIDOW DEE MITCHELL BY HASTINGS SHOP OWNER DAVID HUNT HE IS THE PERSON WHO SOLD THE ITEMS AT AUCTION VIA BONHAMS AND EASTBOURNE AUCTIONS, ITEMS INCLUDED MITCHS FULL DRUM KIT THAT SOLD FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF £S AND JIMI HENDRIXS GUITAR REPAIR BOAC BAG THAT NOW SITS IN THE HENDRIX MUSEUM/FLAT AT HANDELL HOUSE IN LONDON
THE FOLLOWINGS LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE UK NEWSPAPER ARTICLES REGARDING THE ORIGINAL AUCTIONS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3069645/Jimi-Hendrix
and
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/jimi-hendrix-drum-kit-paulHE BOUGHT THESE VINTAGE ITEMS FROM DEE WHEN SHE SOLD THEM TO LOWER HER STORAGE UNIT COSTSGREAT ORIGINAL CONDITION  SOME SCUFFING AND WEAR AS YOU WOULD EXPECT ..AND WANT THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE VINTAGE PREMIER DIAMOND SPARKLE SNARE AND MODERN HARDCASE THAT MITCH KEPT IT IN AND THE BUNDLE OF PAPERWORK PROVING PROVENANCE
 
THESE WERE PART OF A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE AND MORE RECENT INSTRUMENTS,TOURING GEAR,TOURING FLIGHT CASE ,CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS THAT WERE KEPT IN A STORAGE LOCK UP BY MITCHS WIFE DEE FOLLOWING HIS DEATH
 
PROVENANCE
IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT AFTER JIMIS DEATH IN 1970 TOURING AND STUDIO USED EQUIPMENT WERE PUT INTO STORAGE IN 7 HENDRIX EXPERIENCE TOURING TRUNKS AND MITCH MITCHELL HAD THEM SHIPPED BACK TO THE UK IN 1972 BY ENDICOTT SHIPPING (THE ORIGINAL SHIPPING TAG IS STILL ATTATCHED TO THE ONE  TRUNK THAT I NOW OWN ) , THE TRUNKS CONTAINED VARIOUS ITEMS OF HENDRIX EXPERIENCE STAGE TOURING GEAR ,MICS ,LEADS ETC, INSTRUMENTS,DRUMS,CLOTHING AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF MITCHS,SOME YEARS AGO ONE OF THESE TRUNKS CRAMMED WITH THE VINTAGE ITEMS WAS FOUND IN A LOCK UP BELONGING TO DEE MITCHELL 'MITCHS WIDOW' THE LOCK UP CONTAINED THE VINTAGE TRUNK FULL OF VINTAGE HENDRIX EXPERIENCE GEAR AND SEPERATELY A QUANTITY OF NEWER ITEMS FROM THE 70S ,80S AND 90S BELONGING TO MITCH INCLUDING HIS RECORD COLLECTION AND MORE RECENT, DRUMS ,CYMBALS, PEDALS ,TOURING BAGS,JEWELLERY AND ARTWORK , AFTER YEARS OF LEGAL WRANGLING SOME OF THE VINTAGE STAGE USED GEAR WAS CONSIGNED TO AUCTION BY ITS NEW OWNER DAVID HUNT AND SOLD AT AUCTION AS ITEMS FROM THE ESTATE OF MITCH MITCHELL BY BONHAMS IN THE UK  AND RECENTLY THE ACTUAL TRUNK AND MORE VINTAGE ITEMS WERE SOLD IN THE UK AT EASTBOURNE AUCTIONS ON THE SOUTH COAST WHICH IS WHERE I BOUGHT THIS ITEM
I BOUGHT MANY ITEMS FROM THE BONHAMS SALE AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE EASTBOURNE AUCTION SALE INCLUDING THE ACTUAL HENDRIX TOURING TRUNK FULL OF HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ITEMS ,MITCHS VINTAGE AND RECENT DRUMS ,60S CLOTHING ETC THIS ITEM WAS LOT 421 IN THE EASTBOURNE AUCTION AND STILL HAS THE AUCTION TAG ATTATCHED
THIS IS GENUINE MEMORABILIA AND EACH ITEM COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING PAPERS OF PROVENANCE1. A COPY OF A VERY DETAILED AND SIGNED 4 PAGE LETTER OF PROVENANCE FROM MR HUNT TELLING EXATELY HOW HE CAME TO BUY THESE ITEMS FROM DEE MITCHELL ,HOW SHE WOULD BRING ITEMS FROM THE STORAGE FACILITY INTO HIS ANTIQUES SHOP TO SELL ,HOW HE CONSIGNED CERTAIN ITEMS TO AUCTION AND HOW HE FINALLY SOLD ALL THE REMAINING ITEMS NOT YET CONSIGNED TO AUCTION TO ME , HE HAS ASKED ME NOT TO SHOW THIS HANDWRITTEN LETTER ON THE LISTING AND I HAVE TO RESECT HIS WISHES  BUT I AM HAPPY TO SEND PICTURES OF IT TO ANY POTENTIAL BUYERS2. COPIES OF UK ONLINE PRESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES REGARDING THE LATER SALE OF MITCHS BELONGINGS  ...SEVERAL PAGES FROM MAINSTREAM UK TABLOIDS THE MAIL AND THE MIRROR DESCRIBING THE PROVENANCE AND ACTUALLY SHOWING THIS SNARE AND MENTIONING THE FACT THAT THE TRUNK HELD 5 SNARES ( I HAVE SOLD ALL THE OTHER SNARES THIS IS MY LAST ), AND A COPY OF THE EASTBOURNE AUCTION PAGE SHOWING THE ORIGINAL ITEMS FROM THE SALE INCLUDING THIS AS LOT 421 AND THE ORIGINAL SALES LISTING PAGE AS SEEN ON THE INTERNET CLEARLY SHOWING THIS ITEM3. A  LETTER FROM MYSELF CONFIRMING THE PROVENANCE OF THE ITEM AND CONFIRMING THAT I ALSO OWN THE HENDRIX TOURING TRUNK THAT ALL THE VINTAGE GEAR THAT WAS STORED IN IT
 
4. COPIES OF E MAILS FROM MY PURCHASE FROM MR HUNT FULLY DESCRIBING THE ITEMS AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT FROM DEE MITCHELL ,COPIES OF  ORIGINAL SALES RECEIPTS ACTUALLY SIGNED BY DEE, EITHER AS DEE MITCHELL OR AS DIANA CLAYTON HER MAIDEN NAME FOR ITEMS SOLD TO THE ANTIQUES SHOP IN HASTINGS..( NOTE  I DONT HAVE INDIVIDUAL RECIPEPTS FOR ALL THE ITEMS SOLD BUT IN GENERAL THEY SHOW SHE SOLD DRUMS AND CYMBALS ETC ONE CLEARLY STATES BELONGING TO MITCH MITCHELL AND THEY DO SHOW THE SALES LINK BETWEEN HASTINGS ANTIQUES AND DEE MITCHELL,PLUS A COPY OF A SIGNED LETTER FROM DEE MITCHELL CONFIRMING THAT THE ORIGINAL TOURING TRUNK FROM HER LOCK UP CONTAINED VINTAGE HENDRIX GEAR BELONGING TO MITCH 5. COPIES OF TWO E MAILS FROM LEGENDARY HENDRIX PRODUCER EDDIE KRAMER WHO BORROWED SOME EQUIPMENT FROM DEE FOR A PROJECT HE WAS WORKING ON THANKING DEE MITCHELL FOR THE LOAN OF SOME OF THE VINTAGE HENDRIX RECORDING EQUIPMENT FROM THE TRUNK ( MICROPHONES ETC) SOME OF WHICH I HAVE LISTED FOR SALE NOW ON E BAY ,THESE E MAILS MENTION MR HUNT NOTABLY THE FACT THAT HE IS NOW THE OWNER OF THE EQUIPMENT EDDIE STATES... TELL MR HUNT THE ITEMS ARE SAFE  ,PROVING HE BOUGHT THEM FROM DEE AND WAS LINKED TO DEE.EDDIE KRAMER AND THE VINTAGE EQUIPMENT
 
A GREAT BUNDLE OF PAPERWORK ALL PROVIDING CAST IRON PROVENANCE,GREAT ITEMS ONCE THERE GONE THATS IT I DOUBT ANOTHER HENDRIX RELATED TREASURE TROVE LIKE THIS WILL COME AROUND AGAIN
 
THE LETTER FROM DEE WILL HAVE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SOLD WRITTEN ON IT  BY ME TO AVOID ANY FUTURE FRAUD AND FUTURE SELLING OF NONE RELATED ITEMS      A GREAT PIECE OF ORIGINAL MEMORABILIA 
I WILL BE LISTING MORE ITEMS FROM THE TRUNK AND STORAGE  LOCK UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE
  
APPROX DRUM SIZE  SIZE 14" BY 7" DEEP AND MUCH BIGGER ONCE IN THE HARDCASE / PACKAGED SIZE AROUND 16" BY 12" WEIGHT AROUND 10KG SO BULKY AND HEAVY TO SHIP  PLEASE SEE THE FULL CONDITION REPORT