What got you into it? - General Tiki

S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Mon, Mar 31, 2003 12:03 PM What got me into? I'm of Native American descent and am interested in and create tribal art, drums, breastplates and the like. I'm a Navy vet and I love Hawaii, the aloha spirit was like a magical force in the air and finally I like retro stuff so it was bound to happen. I went on a backpacking trip to the Sawtooth mt.s with my girlfriend a couple of years ago and we found a small man shaped rock. I christened him Camp tiki and we gave him food and drinks, he's our camp gaurdian and we always take him camping. What got me into collecting? A year ago I was thrift store shopping and found 14 mugs and S/P shakers from the 50's or 60's all shaped like tiki or moai. I did not know they were worth anything, I bought them because I dug them. I kept thinking how sad it was because some cool old cat had passed on and his kids had probably dumped his/her stuff and it seemed as though the collection should remain together. Later I found out the dollar fifty tikis were worth 20-30 bucks apiece, started looking on the internet to read about tikis and I still find great stuff in thrift stores. I like reading these stories so I decided to post my first message. Aloha Sneaky Tiki [ Edited by: Sneakytiki on 2003-03-31 12:16 ]

What got me into? I'm of Native American descent and am interested in and create tribal art, drums, breastplates and the like. I'm a Navy vet and I love Hawaii, the aloha spirit was like a magical force in the air and finally I like retro stuff so it was bound to happen. I went on a backpacking trip to the Sawtooth mt.s with my girlfriend a couple of years ago and we found a small man shaped rock. I christened him Camp tiki and we gave him food and drinks, he's our camp gaurdian and we always take him camping. What got me into collecting? A year ago I was thrift store shopping and found 14 mugs and S/P shakers from the 50's or 60's all shaped like tiki or moai. I did not know they were worth anything, I bought them because I dug them. I kept thinking how sad it was because some cool old cat had passed on and his kids had probably dumped his/her stuff and it seemed as though the collection should remain together. Later I found out the dollar fifty tikis were worth 20-30 bucks apiece, started looking on the internet to read about tikis and I still find great stuff in thrift stores. I like reading these stories so I decided to post my first message.
Aloha
Sneaky Tiki

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki on 2003-03-31 12:16 ]

Post #28736 by Sneakytiki on Mon, Mar 31, 2003 12:03 PM