Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Sun, Oct 10, 2004 2:24 PM I just returned from a holiday where we drove from here, Vancouver, down to San Diego. Of course I had Tiki Road Trip in hand and saw some really cool places that I probably would have driven right by. The Tonga Room in San Francisco was AWESOME! If you haven't been there you have to check it out. Trader Vic's in Emeryville was unreal! Picked up two of the 70th Anniversary mugs that they had. One is in the shape of the Hoffman mugs from the Kahiki which is pretty cool (far right) and the other is numbered out of 500. I also bought one of the Mai Tai glasses with the 70th Anniversary on it. What is the deal with the Antique Mall in Long Beach??? Anybody go there? They had some nice pieces there, mostly common, nothing too exotic but the prices were unbelievable!!! It was actually frustrating because there was a few items that I wanted to buy but the prices were unreal! A 12" Coco Joe Tiki in HW for $34.00. That's crazy. There were some other Coco Joe stuff that were around 6" and they were all $15.00 - $25.00. If you are in the area check it out. Pretty much all Thrift store and garage sale stuff but way over priced. I haven't seen so much Tiki stuff where it had pricing like that. Is that how it is down there? I barely saw any other places with the older stuff. Although I admit I did not have time to go around everywhere. Oceanic Arts was awesome and that is where the Tiki pole on the left and the Fu Man Chu style carving beside it came from and also the dark carving on the far right. The middle Tiki carving is the one from Home Depot. The small red mug on the right is from the Art Show in San Francisco which was great. Munktiki thought up a winner with that dispensing machine! I was disapointed that the enchanted Tiki Room at Disney Land was closed down but I did pick up the mugs which are quite a bit cheaper than getting them from ebay. Overall a great trip. Just glad I finally got to see some places that all you TCer's talk about. Mahalo!! Dan [ Edited by: TabooDan on 2004-10-11 10:03 ]

I just returned from a holiday where we drove from here, Vancouver, down to San Diego. Of course I had Tiki Road Trip in hand and saw some really cool places that I probably would have driven right by. The Tonga Room in San Francisco was AWESOME! If you haven't been there you have to check it out. Trader Vic's in Emeryville was unreal! Picked up two of the 70th Anniversary mugs that they had. One is in the shape of the Hoffman mugs from the Kahiki which is pretty cool (far right) and the other is numbered out of 500. I also bought one of the Mai Tai glasses with the 70th Anniversary on it.
What is the deal with the Antique Mall in Long Beach??? Anybody go there? They had some nice pieces there, mostly common, nothing too exotic but the prices were unbelievable!!! It was actually frustrating because there was a few items that I wanted to buy but the prices were unreal! A 12" Coco Joe Tiki in HW for $34.00. That's crazy. There were some other Coco Joe stuff that were around 6" and they were all $15.00 - $25.00. If you are in the area check it out. Pretty much all Thrift store and garage sale stuff but way over priced. I haven't seen so much Tiki stuff where it had pricing like that.
Is that how it is down there? I barely saw any other places with the older stuff. Although I admit I did not have time to go around everywhere.
Oceanic Arts was awesome and that is where the Tiki pole on the left and the Fu Man Chu style carving beside it came from and also the dark carving on the far right. The middle Tiki carving is the one from Home Depot.
The small red mug on the right is from the Art Show in San Francisco which was great. Munktiki thought up a winner with that dispensing machine!
I was disapointed that the enchanted Tiki Room at Disney Land was closed down but I did pick up the mugs which are quite a bit cheaper than getting them from ebay.
Overall a great trip. Just glad I finally got to see some places that all you TCer's talk about. Mahalo!! Dan

[ Edited by: TabooDan on 2004-10-11 10:03 ]

Post #118937 by TabooDan on Sun, Oct 10, 2004 2:24 PM