Post #187153 by TabooDan on Fri, Sep 16, 2005 11:55 PM

There are just so many great pieces out there! Thanks for sharing some of your collections. Here is a few pieces from my collection:

This ashtray is from "Don The Beachcomber" at the Hotel Sahara, Las Vegas.

These two are from the "Bali Hai" that is still located on Shelter Island in San Diego, CA.

This seldom scene guy is from the old "Al Williams Papagayo Room" that was located at the Tonga Room in San Francisco during the 1940's.

The one on the left is a cool one from "The Tropics Motor Hotel, Seattle, Washington". The one on the right is from "John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino" where Trader Dicks is in Reno, Nevada.

An awesome Tiki face one that looks very much like a Westwood style Tiki but only has a small blue and white "Made In Japan" sticker on the reverse.

The one on the left is a good old "Kon Tiki Ports" ashtray in the shape of a pineapple. It was designed by Steve Crane Associates and has a black and gold foil label on the reverse that says Japan and has what looks to be a H and F in a circle. The one on the right is an older frosted glass one that features a picture of the Kon Tiki expedition. It has no markings but I am guessing it probably came out of the museum in Norway.

Here are the five Trader Vic's all together. What I always hate is that when you think you have them all, you see another one somewhere! These ashtrays feature the same characters that are on the vintage Trader Vic menus. Not marked on the bottom but a couple of these do have the small oval blue and white Made in Japan labels.

Not really a ashtray but a pretty cool way to display your matchbooks! An unmarked ceramic shell dish with a nice paint job.

This one is made of metal and features a Maori carving from New Zealand.

Thanks for looking!!!

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2005-09-17 00:48 ]