Post #2427 by fatuhiva on Wed, Jun 19, 2002 12:45 AM

The cheap/common/new stuff that is going too high lately might come down in price. You could be correct there. That is newbies who don't know the so-so stuff from the raritys. Those people will fluctuate with fads- some will stay and become more serious, others will move in and out.

However, the good pieces (like the vics set) will continue to rise. There are more and more people getting serious about their collections. These are people who were there before it was the new thing and will be there after it passes (if it does)

Just like modern furniture, there will always be serious tiki collectors, regardless of fads. Good modernism appreciates steadily. And unlike furniture, good reproductions do not have the ability of being "better than an original" as a repro tiki mug from a long lost bar doesn't have the mysterious quality of actaully having come FROM that place- a drink served in another era.

I'm giving tiki the "strong buy" rating