THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE MITCH MITCHELL PERSONALLY OWNED AND USED CYMBAL AND SOFTCASE WITHFULL PROVENANCE ,PAPERWORK AND RECIEPTS ETC
 
A 20" ISTANBUL CYMBAL OWNED AND USED BY MITCH MITCHELL AND AN ISTANBUL TWO POCKET SOFTCASE ALSO OWNED AND USED BY MITCH
A ONE OFF CHANCE TO OWN EQUIPMENT USED BY THE DRUMMER IN THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE THERE IS A NAME ON THE CYMBAL I BELIEVE THIS IS THE NAME OF TH GUY WHO TESTS THE CYMBALS BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE FACTORY ,THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE CYMBAL CAN BE USED TO CHECK ITS DATE      THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE ONE CYMBAL AND SOFTCASE AS SEEN AND PROVENANCE PAPERWORK ONLY ,THE FINAL PHOTO IN MY LISTING SHOWS ALL MITCHS CYMBALLS FROM THE STORAGE UNIT ,THIS ONE CAN BE SEEN IN THAT PHOTO
 
THESE WERE PART OF A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE AND MORE RECENT INSTRUMENTS,TOURING GEAR ,CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS BOUGHT FROM DEE MITCHELL AFTER MITCHS DEATH  BY HASTINGS ANTIQUES SHOP OWNER DAVID HUNT ,THE ITEMS WERE IN A STORAGE UNIT BELONGING TO MITCH MITCHELL AND HIS WIFE DEE ,DAVID HUNT PUT SOME ITEMS INTO AUCTION ( BONHAMS..INCLUDING A FULL DRUM KIT AND JIMIS BOAC GUITAR BAG AND EASTBOURNE AUCTIONS ) AND EVENTUALLY SOLD ALL THE REMAINING ITEMS DIRECTLY TO ME    THE FOLLOWING LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ONLINE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES REGARDING THE FIND AND THE AUCTION SALES
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3069645/jimi-hendrix
or
http//www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jimi-hendrix-drum-kit-paul 
 
PROVENANCE
IT IS  KNOWN THAT AFTER JIMIS DEATH IN 1970 ITEMS 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 TRUNK) , THE TRUNKS CONTAINED VARIOUS ITEMS OF HENDRIX EXPERIENCE STAGE TOURING GEAR ,MICS ,LEADS ETC, INSTRUMENTS,DRUMS,CLOTHING AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS MAINLY BELONGING TO MITCH ,SOME YEARS AGO ONE OF THESE TRUNKS CRAMMED WITH THE VINTAGE ITEMS PLUS MANY OF MITCHS PERSONAL ITEMS OLD AND NEW SUCH AS OLD DRUMS ,MORE RECENT DRUMS ,RECORDS,TOURING BOXES .BOOKS,POSESSIONS ETC  WERE FOUND IN A LOCK UP BELONGING TO MITCH AND DEE MITCHELL ,MITCHS WIDOW, AFTER YEARS OF LEGAL WRANGLING SOME OF THE VINTAGE STAGE USED GEAR WAS SOLD AT AUCTION UNDER THE BANNER ITEMS FROM THE ESTATE OF MITCH MITCHELL BY BONHAMS IN THE UK AND RECENTLY THE ACTUAL TRUNK FULL OF VINTAGE ITEMS AND SOME  OF THE OTHER MORE MODERN ITEMS WERE SOLD BY EASTBOURNE AUCTIONS ON THE SOUTH COAST 
I BOUGHT MANY ITEMS FROM THE BONHAMS SALE AND NEARLY EVERYTHING FROM THE EASTBOURNE SALE INCLUDING THE ACTUAL HENDRIX TOURING TRUNK FULL OF HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ITEMS ,MITCHS VINTAGE AND RECENT DRUMS ,60S CLOTHING ETC AND RECENTLY BOUGHT UP EVERY ITEM THAT DIDNT GO INTO THOSE AUCTIONS DIRECTLY FROM DAVID HUNT
THESE CYMBALS ARE FROM THAT DIRECT PURCHASE THIS IS GENUINE MEMORABILIA AND EACH ITEM COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING1 A COPY OF A SIGNED ,DETAILED FOUR PAGE LETTER FROM THE CONSIGNOR ..DAVID HUNT OF HASTINGS ANTIQUES WHO ORIGINALLY BOUGHT ALL THE ITEMS FROM DEE MITCHELL AND PUT SOME OF THEM INTO AUCTIONS AND LATER SOLD ALL THE REMAINING ITEMS DIRECTLY TO ME THE LETTER SETS OUT IN DETAIL ALL HIS DEALINGS WITH DEE ,THE ITEMS HE BOUGHT ,THE AUCTIONS AND THE SALES TO ME ,PLUS COPIES OF E MAILS FROM MYSELF TO DAVID HUNT ETC  NEGOTIATING TO BUY THESE ITEMS FROM HIM ,COPIES OF E MAILS FROM FAMOUS HENDRIX RECORD PRODUCER EDDIE KRAMER IN WHICH HE MENTIONS DAVID HUNT AS BEING THE OWNER OF VINTAGE HENDRIX EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY OWNED AND LOANED TO EDDIE KRAMER BY DEE MITCHELL ( GREAT PROVENANCE LINKING DAVID HUNT TO DEE MITCHELL AND HENDRIX GEAR AND A COPY OF A LETTER SIGNED BY DEE MITCHELL VERIFYING THE HENDRIX TRUNK AS BEING GENUINE AND AS USED FOR STORING HENDRIX EQUIPMENT BY THE MITCHELL FAMILY IN ADDITION DAVID HUNT HAS ALSO AGREED THAT I CAN PASS ON HIS PHONE NUMBER TO BUYERS THEY CAN SPEAK TO HIM HE WILL VERIFY MY LISTINGS AND HE WILL TELL YOU THE FULL STORY ABOUT DEE AND THE HENDRIX /MITCH EQUIPMENT 2 COPIES OF HASTINGS ANTIQUES RECIEPTS AROUND 6 IN TOTAL  FOR PURCHASES OF MITCH ITEMS INCLUDING 16 PAISTE CYMBALS.OTHER CYMBALS AND DRUMS ETC SIGNED BY DEE MITCHELL (AND DIANA CLAYTON HER ACTUAL MAIDEN NAME)
THIS IS GREAT PROVENANCE ....ACTUAL SALES RECIEPTS ONE WHICH ACTUALLY STATES AS USED BY MITCH MITCHELL 3 COPIES OF UK ONLINE PRESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES REGARDING THE SALE OF THE AUCTION ITEMS...SEVERAL PAGES FROM MAINSTREAM TABLOIDS THE MAIL AND THE MIRROR DESCRIBING THE PROVENANCE ,THE SALE OF BOTH THE VINTAGE 60S ITEMS FROM THE TRUNK AND THE LATER ITEMS FROM THE LOCK UP ,THE PRESS PAGES ALSO SHOW PICTURES OF SOME OF THE ITEMS4. A  LETTER FROM MYSELF CONFIRMING THE PROVENANCE,AND PROOF OF MY OWNERSHIP OF THE ITEMS AND MY PRIVATE PURCHASE FROM DAVID HUNT   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      A GREAT PIECE OF ORIGINAL MEMORABILIA I WILL BE LISTING MORE ITEMS FROM THE TRUNK AND STORAGE LOCK UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE
  
APPROX SIZE OF THE BOX 24" BY 4" VERY HEAVY TO SHIP,   PLEASE SEE THE FULL CONDITION REPORT