Post #185207 by TikiJosh on Wed, Sep 7, 2005 11:05 PM

On 2005-09-07 21:05, Swanky wrote:
Wow, that was a STEAL! I saved the best for last. The grey pedestal mug/glass is also from the Mai Kai. It was used for a very short time in the 50's and was too fragile, so they stopped using them. This is the only one I have ever seen and maybe will ever see. The Hoffman Mystery Bowl, I think I know where 2 others are, and Duke owns one of them. Those 2 are as rare as they get as far as I can tell. I have watched Mai Kai for a while and I have never even heard of that pedestal glass. Only because I know the Mai Kai family am I sure what is really Mai Kai there. There are few one of a kind items out there. This is better. Items they used in the restaurant for a very breif time when they opened. I can think of one bowl I want more...

I definitely think those mugs were worth the $700. It's a lot of money, but they are some kinda cool!!! The buyer got a pretty good deal on those....