Antique Shopping- June15/16 ? - Collecting Tiki

M midnite Member 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 1230	M midnite Posted posted on Tue, Jun 18, 2002 10:41 AM Thanks for letting me gripe... John, know hopw ya feel. Living in SF I have to compete with many tiki-philes, but worse is the fact sellers here know what tiki is going for on, "gasp", Ebay!. Cannot tell you how many times I find tiki items but the prices are just much too high. Mugs for $50, S/P sets for $40. BTW, I have never seem anyting tiki in my local thrift shops/Goodwill. Then I am told the stories by non-tiki folks that stroll into an estate sale someplace or some store who knows where and find 4 Tiki Bob mugs for $5 or Steve Crane items for $2. Maybe we try too hard. Like the proverbial butterfly, do not chase it, let it come to you. I got to get Zen with my Tiki hunting?

Thanks for letting me gripe...

John, know hopw ya feel. Living in SF I have to compete with many tiki-philes, but worse is the fact sellers here know what tiki is going for on, "gasp", Ebay!. Cannot tell you how many times I find tiki items but the prices are just much too high. Mugs for $50, S/P sets for $40. BTW, I have never seem anyting tiki in my local thrift shops/Goodwill.

Then I am told the stories by non-tiki folks that stroll into an estate sale someplace or some store who knows where and find 4 Tiki Bob mugs for $5 or Steve Crane items for $2.

Maybe we try too hard. Like the proverbial butterfly, do not chase it, let it come to you. I got to get Zen with my Tiki hunting?

Post #2403 by midnite on Tue, Jun 18, 2002 10:41 AM