Fair Market Value for Mugs (et al) - Collecting Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Mon, May 15, 2006 5:07 PM I went to an antique consignment store this weekend. I found three Fireside (Wisconsin) Moai mugs for $35.00 each. Another booth had a Trader Vic's green seahorse mug (listed as a seahorse vase) for $32.00 with 20% off. I've seen the seahorse mug sell for well over $100.00, so I bought it right away for 27 bucks. I really want to add the Fireside mug to my collection, but is it really worth the $35.00? (Any yay or nay votes from the Ohana?) I'm sure others use some method to evaluate fair market value for mugs and other tiki-related items (e.g. skip the $30.00 Tiki Leilani mugs but buy the $30.00 Tiki Bob mugs). I try to average prices from those listed in Ooga-Mooga and often infrequent listings on Ebay. But is there a better way? Some price guide perhaps? Apologies if this has been discussed before in another thread.

I went to an antique consignment store this weekend. I found three Fireside (Wisconsin) Moai mugs for $35.00 each. Another booth had a Trader Vic's green seahorse mug (listed as a seahorse vase) for $32.00 with 20% off. I've seen the seahorse mug sell for well over $100.00, so I bought it right away for 27 bucks.

I really want to add the Fireside mug to my collection, but is it really worth the $35.00? (Any yay or nay votes from the Ohana?)

I'm sure others use some method to evaluate fair market value for mugs and other tiki-related items (e.g. skip the $30.00 Tiki Leilani mugs but buy the $30.00 Tiki Bob mugs). I try to average prices from those listed in Ooga-Mooga and often infrequent listings on Ebay. But is there a better way? Some price guide perhaps?

Apologies if this has been discussed before in another thread.

Post #232126 by tikipedia on Mon, May 15, 2006 5:07 PM