Floats and nets - Collecting Tiki

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Fri, Jun 14, 2002 12:28 AM As an idea of a fair retail price: I picked up a 6 inch float tied up in a heavy hemp twine (not netted) at Seattle's Hawaii General Store for $4. They had a large one (over 12" as I recall) for something in the mid thirties. These are the lowest prices I've seen. On a slightly related yet rambling note...My mom grew up in Neah Bay along the Washington coast. She and my grandmother told me about big winter storms and beachcombers finding Japanese fishing floats on the beach afterwards. As a kid I was so fixated with the idea of doing some post storm beachcombing that I used to have dreams about finding floats on the beach. Rambling on...In Oregon there's a group of glass artists who make "floats" and hide them along Lincoln City's beach during the winter months for people to find.

As an idea of a fair retail price: I picked up a 6 inch float tied up in a heavy hemp twine (not netted) at Seattle's Hawaii General Store for $4. They had a large one (over 12" as I recall) for something in the mid thirties. These are the lowest prices I've seen.

On a slightly related yet rambling note...My mom grew up in Neah Bay along the Washington coast. She and my grandmother told me about big winter storms and beachcombers finding Japanese fishing floats on the beach afterwards. As a kid I was so fixated with the idea of doing some post storm beachcombing that I used to have dreams about finding floats on the beach.

Rambling on...In Oregon there's a group of glass artists who make "floats" and hide them along Lincoln City's beach during the winter months for people to find.

Post #2279 by woofmutt on Fri, Jun 14, 2002 12:28 AM