Sneaky Tiki Salt & Pepper Shakers... - Collecting Tiki

T tikicleen Tiki Socialite ripon: almond capital yet no orgeat Joined: Nov 11, 2003 Posts: 338	T tikicleen Posted posted on Fri, Mar 16, 2007 11:30 PM hi sabuuu! the answer is yes and no. the orange and purple pair were found at an antique store of all places. it was my birthday and scott found them hiding out in a dealer's space. i quickly snatched them from him, screamed MINE!, and ran away to immediately buy them. it was instinct. they were 12 bucks. :wink: the second set we got about 6 months ago. i stumbled upon them on ebay in a lot of shakers. they werent even described in the listing, and it was complete luck that i spotted them. if you calculate out the lot, we paid approximately 50 cents for those shakers. in a way, its sort of sad that the most rare items we have in our collection happen to be salt and pepper shakers. honestly... just how much salt and pepper was actually utilized at a polynesian restaurant table?

hi sabuuu!

the answer is yes and no. the orange and purple pair were found at an antique store of all places. it was my birthday and scott found them hiding out in a dealer's space. i quickly snatched them from him, screamed MINE!, and ran away to immediately buy them. it was instinct. they were 12 bucks. :wink:

the second set we got about 6 months ago. i stumbled upon them on ebay in a lot of shakers. they werent even described in the listing, and it was complete luck that i spotted them. if you calculate out the lot, we paid approximately 50 cents for those shakers.

in a way, its sort of sad that the most rare items we have in our collection happen to be salt and pepper shakers. honestly... just how much salt and pepper was actually utilized at a polynesian restaurant table?

Post #292556 by tikicleen on Fri, Mar 16, 2007 11:30 PM