A Legitimate Counterfeit (Post Your Leroy Art Here!) - Tiki Carving

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Thu, Dec 23, 2004 1:27 PM The End Of The Line For The Original Leroy I had a day off, so I stopped by “Rain” one morning to talk to the owner, Doug Paddy. As it turns out, Doug was also the owner of the “Tiki Bar”. That bar never really went out of business, it was just renovated and re-themed to this new venue, “Rain”. I asked Doug about the old Leroy carving that used to be on the roof. Doug: “When we renovated the bar, I pretty much gave away all of the old tiki furnishings to whoever would take them. That saved us having to haul them all off. That tiki that was on the roof sat out by the dumpster for awhile before someone came by & hauled it off. …Why, was it valuable or something?” I showed him the photo in the BOT & explained that it would certainly have some value to a serious tiki collector, given that it was in print and all. I know I would have given him a few bucks for it (That’s sort of been in the back of my mind all along here…). Here’s a couple of photos of the inside of the bar. Note that the pillar supports are all carved up tiki style. Doug said he couldn’t take them out ‘cause they held up the roof. I know that our very own Tiki_Bong has a carved piece from the “Tiki Bar” that he got from a member of a local surf band named the “Swingin’ Tikis”. It also is an authentic Leroy carving. Bong obtained an actual copy of the original invoice on this piece from Bob at Oceanic Arts. He invited my over to his place one night to have a look, and I have to say, he has an unbelievable collection of Tiki artifacts and Hawaiiana. Real nice guy and super hospitable. So there you have it. All of the old furnishings from the Tiki Bar were scattered to the wind…. Definitely a windfall for a few lucky locals. Somebody must have picked up the old Leroy original from the dumpsters out back. What a score! So much for my little attempt at Urban Archaeology. Hope you enjoyed the story. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Meanwhile, Back At The Home Front… Work on my little Leroy continues. It’s all roughed out. The final cleanup will be done with Flexcut palm chisels and the Dremel with a sanding cone. Here’s some more progress pics. Later, A-A

The End Of The Line For The Original Leroy

I had a day off, so I stopped by “Rain” one morning to talk to the owner, Doug Paddy. As it turns out, Doug was also the owner of the “Tiki Bar”. That bar never really went out of business, it was just renovated and re-themed to this new venue, “Rain”. I asked Doug about the old Leroy carving that used to be on the roof.

**Doug: “When we renovated the bar, I pretty much gave away all of the old tiki furnishings to whoever would take them. That saved us having to haul them all off. That tiki that was on the roof sat out by the dumpster for awhile before someone came by & hauled it off. …Why, was it valuable or something?” **

I showed him the photo in the BOT & explained that it would certainly have some value to a serious tiki collector, given that it was in print and all. I know I would have given him a few bucks for it (That’s sort of been in the back of my mind all along here…).

Here’s a couple of photos of the inside of the bar. Note that the pillar supports are all carved up tiki style. Doug said he couldn’t take them out ‘cause they held up the roof.

I know that our very own Tiki_Bong has a carved piece from the “Tiki Bar” that he got from a member of a local surf band named the “Swingin’ Tikis”. It also is an authentic Leroy carving. Bong obtained an actual copy of the original invoice on this piece from Bob at Oceanic Arts. He invited my over to his place one night to have a look, and I have to say, he has an unbelievable collection of Tiki artifacts and Hawaiiana. Real nice guy and super hospitable.

So there you have it. All of the old furnishings from the Tiki Bar were scattered to the wind…. Definitely a windfall for a few lucky locals. Somebody must have picked up the old Leroy original from the dumpsters out back. What a score!

So much for my little attempt at Urban Archaeology. Hope you enjoyed the story.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Meanwhile, Back At The Home Front…

Work on my little Leroy continues. It’s all roughed out. The final cleanup will be done with Flexcut palm chisels and the Dremel with a sanding cone. Here’s some more progress pics.

Later,

A-A

Post #132511 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, Dec 23, 2004 1:27 PM