Post #143161 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Feb 24, 2005 9:24 PM

Considering that SOME people like TikiDUG, Dale Sizer, Mark Ryden and so started looking for that stuff in the 80s (I started in '89), it is amazing and inspiring how much is still found- here on Tiki Central...less in California though, it's pretty combed over.

Like the Japanese fishnet float collectors on the Hawaiian coast in the 50s, Tiki Early Birds started showing up at the Rose Bowl and PCC in the mid 90s, and eventually I was satisfied with simply befriending the collectors and having their treasures available for my research.

Nowadays the name of the game (besides the usual patience and luck) is:
Engage spotters, spent hours on e-bay, or live in a state that just had enough Tiki in it's heyday, but is remote enough to not have been plundered yet.

Or go to Oceanic Arts, they offer the closest to finding vintage style Tikiana.

...and about that parrot in a Tiki Lounge!...aaw, never mind.