Tiki Mug and Collectibles Pricing - Collecting Tiki

M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 24, 2003 12:12 PM On 2003-01-23 11:00, midnite_tiki wrote: Not sure what is the punchline, but this is a joke: Barnum Tiki This is in some ways worse than the $300 Mai-Kai mug auction. This black mug is old, granted, but is normally available for $10 on Ebay. The newer version of this mug, produced today for various events, is much less defined and lower quality. I do not like seeing auctions like this, it contributes to a faulty idea of "worth". C'est La Vie! midnite Holy toledo, the winner on that bid has the User ID of vigilante_carlstroem. That's the guitarist for The Hives. I wonder if it's really him and if he's really into Tiki. I notice he's also bidding on lots of music equipment and hawaiian shirts that are 2XL, which would be about right- he's a big boy. Just a thought. -martin

On 2003-01-23 11:00, midnite_tiki wrote:
Not sure what is the punchline, but this is a joke:

Barnum Tiki

This is in some ways worse than the $300 Mai-Kai mug auction. This black mug is old, granted, but is normally available for $10 on Ebay. The newer version of this mug, produced today for various events, is much less defined and lower quality.

I do not like seeing auctions like this, it contributes to a faulty idea of "worth".

C'est La Vie!
midnite

Holy toledo, the winner on that bid has the User ID of vigilante_carlstroem. That's the guitarist for The Hives. I wonder if it's really him and if he's really into Tiki. I notice he's also bidding on lots of music equipment and hawaiian shirts that are 2XL, which would be about right- he's a big boy.

Just a thought.

-martin

Post #20776 by martiki on Fri, Jan 24, 2003 12:12 PM