If you are looking to identify a drum or do some digging about drum history, values, etc., these links are a good place to start. If you would like for your vintage drum site to be listed here, your site needs to have a page or pages about vintage drums info, history, collections, collected images, etc., not just sales. Contact us to submit.
DrumArchive.com, a site listing of all the historic drum brands with scans of catalog pages. Contact them to add info and images.
VintageDrumGuide.com David Anfuso’s site with lots of info about mostly American brands, many catalog scans, some tips on restoration and repair, and a very active forum.
Cooper’s Guide to Vintage Drums Author and Collector Mark Cooper’s info about vintage drums; lots of images and history. great site
VintageDrumReference.com Adam Kozie’s site that was created to share information about the minutiae of vintage drums and parts. Deep.
VintageDrums.com Jay’s sales and images of his collection, memorabilia and an archive of things he’s sold. He’s usually buying.
SonorMuseum.com Scott Logdon’s very thorough site about everything Sonor for Sonor geeks. Catalog scans, a forum, badge chart, videos, oddities. Scott is the man!
http://www.3rdand4thdrums.com/drummers-guide-to-buying-vintage-drums basic advice about buying used drums from Edwin Rivera
Other resources:
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Recording Drums A very thorough tutorial with great videos and pics on Gideon Waxman’s very deep site DrumHelper.com
How to pack and ship a drum set a video with instructions. This company, Sound Pure, also sells a drum shipping kit with boxes, bubble wrap, etc.