Post #2389 by johntiki on Mon, Jun 17, 2002 11:12 PM

I think there will be a time in the near future when the price of tiki mugs will drop to a reasonable level again - I got into vintage cocktail shakers and bar accessories about 10 years ago - I was able to buy tons of the stuff dirt cheap on Ebay and then the big cocktail craze hit in the mid-90's and the prices skyrocketed. Shakers I had been paying $5 and $10 were suddenly going for $30 and $40. I've held on to the collection and recently started trying to sell some off to finance my tiki bar and I couldn't give the damn things away. It seems to me that being a mainstream craze right now has inflated the prices ridiculously. Eventually, when the people who latched on to the tiki fad move on to their next lifestyle trend the prices will drop considerably. I've been a collector of a lot of different items and I've been on Ebay since 1997, and have watched popularity and prices of items soar than drop off to nothing. It's just a matter of time for tiki to do the same.

When I saw that Trader Vic's set on Ebay it made me sick to my stomach. I saw it when it was first listed, wanted it terribly and knew there was no way that I could even bid on it.

Johntiki