Where Are The Rare Tiki Items? - Collecting Tiki

T tikicar Member York, Pa. Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 106	T tikicar Posted posted on Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:20 PM I think with collecting anything old you have to be patient. I have been collecting 1950s stuff for almost 20 years. In my area it is as hard to find stuff as it has ever been. That is finding good stuff at a decent price. 10 years ago there were no antique malls or shops around here that handled mid century stuff. Now there are several places only they want ebay or higher prices for the stuff and alot of it is rough. I have so little money in the stuff we have because I take my time. I don't need everything today. I buy very little on ebay. Now don't get me wrong. If there is something I really want and I find it. I will step up if I can afford it. I would have paid whatever it took to get my parents bar back, luckily I didn't have to pay much at all. To me the search is as good as the find. Because I am a car guy I go to alot of antique car swap meets. Last year I found a 1957 Plymouth Fury factory mail order poster. I have owned several 57-58 Plymouths. Like the Christine movie car. Anyway I sold my complete literature and dealer showroom items years ago after I sold my last 58 plymouth and decided it was time to move on. That collection was 13 years in the making and it was very large. This was all stuff collected old school by walking in swap meets, pre Ebay. Anyway last year I stopped by a Literature vendor I always check out at Carlisle. As he is getting this poster down for another guy I see this fury poster sitting there leaned up against the wall. Now this was a poster that you could get for free by sending in a magazine clipping. No one I knew has ever found one. I only knew one guy who ever saw one. I couldn't believe it. There it was after all those years searching and never found one. Now I didn't need it and there it was. I bought it. Just to say that I finally was able to own it. I put it on ebay and got my money back. I didn't make any money but a guy out west that was looking for that poster now has what he was looking for. We were both happy. Scott

I think with collecting anything old you have to be patient. I have been collecting 1950s stuff for almost 20 years. In my area it is as hard to find stuff as it has ever been. That is finding good stuff at a decent price. 10 years ago there were no antique malls or shops around here that handled mid century stuff. Now there are several places only they want ebay or higher prices for the stuff and alot of it is rough. I have so little money in the stuff we have because I take my time. I don't need everything today. I buy very little on ebay. Now don't get me wrong. If there is something I really want and I find it. I will step up if I can afford it. I would have paid whatever it took to get my parents bar back, luckily I didn't have to pay much at all. To me the search is as good as the find.
Because I am a car guy I go to alot of antique car swap meets. Last year I found a 1957 Plymouth Fury factory mail order poster. I have owned several 57-58 Plymouths. Like the Christine movie car. Anyway I sold my complete literature and dealer showroom items years ago after I sold my last 58 plymouth and decided it was time to move on. That collection was 13 years in the making and it was very large. This was all stuff collected old school by walking in swap meets, pre Ebay. Anyway last year I stopped by a Literature vendor I always check out at Carlisle. As he is getting this poster down for another guy I see this fury poster sitting there leaned up against the wall. Now this was a poster that you could get for free by sending in a magazine clipping. No one I knew has ever found one. I only knew one guy who ever saw one. I couldn't believe it. There it was after all those years searching and never found one. Now I didn't need it and there it was. I bought it. Just to say that I finally was able to own it. I put it on ebay and got my money back. I didn't make any money but a guy out west that was looking for that poster now has what he was looking for. We were both happy. Scott

Post #143364 by tikicar on Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:20 PM