Ebay: munktiki wall art is not munktiki - Tiki Marketplace

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, May 28, 2006 11:57 PM I just don't get this. Yes, there are some serious collectors and some casual collectors. But that's not in question here, rather: On one side we have the identity of an artist who has greatly contributed to the craft of nouveaux Tiki mug design with his unique, singular objects, on the other an e-bay dealer who is obviously just trying to make an extra buck by miss-using this artist's brand name AND personal name, not giving a damn even when called on his BS. If you have spend as much time and sweat working for creating a brand name that stands for quality like Stuckie, or invested that much of your hard-earned money in your collection like kingstiedeye, you're supposed to just shrug this off, or else you are "too serious" !? For a fan of Tiki culture, who is the bad guy and who is the good guy here? Why is there even a discussion about this?

I just don't get this. Yes, there are some serious collectors and some casual collectors. But that's not in question here, rather:

On one side we have the identity of an artist who has greatly contributed to the craft of nouveaux Tiki mug design with his unique, singular objects, on the other an e-bay dealer who is obviously just trying to make an extra buck by miss-using this artist's brand name AND personal name, not giving a damn even when called on his BS.

If you have spend as much time and sweat working for creating a brand name that stands for quality like Stuckie, or invested that much of your hard-earned money in your collection like kingstiedeye, you're supposed to just shrug this off, or else you are "too serious" !?

For a fan of Tiki culture, who is the bad guy and who is the good guy here? Why is there even a discussion about this?

Post #234454 by bigbrotiki on Sun, May 28, 2006 11:57 PM