Research: Which Tiki Restaurant's Memorabilia is Most Collectible? - Collecting Tiki

STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Wed, Aug 11, 2004 6:57 PM I recently decided to liquidate my entire collection of tiki salt & pepper shakers on Ebay. I stopped collecting them over a year ago because I've found that I'm much more interested in tiki paper, (and every so often a rare mug). I finally admitted that they were being neglected for attention, so I went ahead and sold them all. Here are the results: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&since=2&userid=cycluracyclura&include=0&rows=50 I thought the tiki Salt & Pepper market was down over the last year, but I was happily surprised to find some fierce bidding taking place, (maybe it was the combined shipping offer? Maybe the chance to build an entire collection quickly? I don't know.) I spent probably $200 acquiring the above collection. It was nice to gross about $500. I never planned to buy these shakers as investment, I just liked 'em. They are like cute little replicas of the mugs. But they turned out to be good investments nonetheless. If some of you TC'ers were among the bidders, I thank you most humbly and sincerely - the money will come in handy right now. Liquidating a whole collection like this in one shot also gives you the chance to collect some data that you might normally have to search all over Ebay for. It was insightful to tally up the auction hit-counters at the time each auction closed. Here are the sorted results by restaurant/manufacturer: Mr. Bali Hai (San Diego) - 168 hits Tiki Bob's (San Fran) - 149 hits Don The Beachcomber's - 137 hits Treasure Craft manufact. - 88 hits Skipper Kent's - 85 hits Trader Vic's - 78 hits Kahiki (Columbus, OH) - 75 hits Hawaii Kai (New York) - 70 hits Mauna Loa (Detroit) - 68 hits Tahiji manufacturer - 59 hits Unknown manufacturer - 50 hits Unknown manufacturer - 50 hits Chan's (New York) - 42 hits Paul Marshall (PMP) - 41 hits I know this leaves out a lot of restaurants and manufacturers, but it was still interesting to see the patterns. Do the rankings of these restaurants accurately reflect their collectibility? Do they match your own observations and experiences? Are there any surprises? (The Treasure Craft total is probably skewed, as I was selling 3 sets of shakers in one auction there). Sabu

I recently decided to liquidate my entire collection of tiki salt & pepper shakers on Ebay. I stopped collecting them over a year ago because I've found that I'm much more interested in tiki paper, (and every so often a rare mug). I finally admitted that they were being neglected for attention, so I went ahead and sold them all. Here are the results:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&since=2&userid=cycluracyclura&include=0&rows=50

I thought the tiki Salt & Pepper market was down over the last year, but I was happily surprised to find some fierce bidding taking place, (maybe it was the combined shipping offer? Maybe the chance to build an entire collection quickly? I don't know.) I spent probably $200 acquiring the above collection. It was nice to gross about $500. I never planned to buy these shakers as investment, I just liked 'em. They are like cute little replicas of the mugs. But they turned out to be good investments nonetheless. If some of you TC'ers were among the bidders, I thank you most humbly and sincerely - the money will come in handy right now.

Liquidating a whole collection like this in one shot also gives you the chance to collect some data that you might normally have to search all over Ebay for. It was insightful to tally up the auction hit-counters at the time each auction closed. Here are the sorted results by restaurant/manufacturer:

Mr. Bali Hai (San Diego) - 168 hits
Tiki Bob's (San Fran) - 149 hits
Don The Beachcomber's - 137 hits
Treasure Craft manufact. - 88 hits
Skipper Kent's - 85 hits
Trader Vic's - 78 hits
Kahiki (Columbus, OH) - 75 hits
Hawaii Kai (New York) - 70 hits
Mauna Loa (Detroit) - 68 hits
Tahiji manufacturer - 59 hits
Unknown manufacturer - 50 hits
Unknown manufacturer - 50 hits
Chan's (New York) - 42 hits
Paul Marshall (PMP) - 41 hits

I know this leaves out a lot of restaurants and manufacturers, but it was still interesting to see the patterns. Do the rankings of these restaurants accurately reflect their collectibility? Do they match your own observations and experiences? Are there any surprises? (The Treasure Craft total is probably skewed, as I was selling 3 sets of shakers in one auction there).

Sabu

Post #107832 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Wed, Aug 11, 2004 6:57 PM