Ringo Starr 1963 Ludwig 'Oyster Black Pearl' Drum Kit
- Maker
- Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
- Year
- 1963
- Rank
- 40 of 100
Ringo Starr 1963 Ludwig 'Oyster Black Pearl' Drum Kit
Ringo Starr 1963 Ludwig 'Oyster Black Pearl' Drum Kit by Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (1963) is ranked 40 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $2,200,000 on 4 December 2015. The kit behind Beatlemania; a record for any drum kit.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The kit behind Beatlemania; a record for any drum kit.
Starr's Ludwig kit used on 200+ performances/recordings ('She Loves You', 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'); bought by Jim Irsay
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $2,200,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 4 December 2015
Julien's Auctions. ~$2.2M — record for a drum kit.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08