Post #23987 by PolynesianPop on Sat, Feb 22, 2003 10:39 AM

On 2003-02-21 20:52, MauiTiki wrote:
I think we've got a head start on the rest of America.
Did anyone else see this? I wonder which mug he pulled out.

Well, it depends on what you consider a head start. This is an old episode - it was first aired about a year and a half ago. I was well into collecting at that point (by about 5 or 6 years). But then again, if some people started collecting recently, I wouldn't consider that much of a head start since this episode really isn't new.

Regardless, they didn't recommend collecting tiki mugs per se but rather, Hawaiiana - which is a different genre of collectible. I suspect that collectors of Hawaiiana far outnumber collectors of tiki and as such, don't think the show told us something we don't already know. After all, they determine what they deem to be "collectibles of tomorrow" based on what the hot collectible of today is - which is already being collected by the time they "discover" it.

I really enjoy this show but when they say "collectible of the future," to me its just a way for dealers to red-tag an item for higher prices just because they saw this on the show. How many times have you seen an antique dealer trying to get $40 for a Tiki Leilani just because "tiki is hot right now" and they don't even know anything about it?

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[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-02-22 10:51 ]