Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 4:51 PM Aloha all!! I have not posted in a little while so I figured I'd show a few finds that I have dug up lately. Mostly here in the wild but one or two off ebay. On the left front are three Coco Joe Menehune's, behind them a nice green Mt.Fuji Moai Mug, a small "Discover Hawaii" United Airlines plaque/coaster, an old Moai Salt dispenser which I just couldnt leave by himself, and a nice PMP Peanut mug. This photo shows a cool Okolehao Bottle on the left, one coaster from a set that I found which I thought was cool as it has the names of quite a few old Hotels that are no longer on the strip in Vegas including the Tropicana where Aku Aku was located, and a 1972 Jim Bean Decanter used to "Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of United Air Lines service to Hawaii" along with the 1972 Hawaiian Open Pro-Am golf tournament. I dont know how many years they made these decanters but there are atleast three designs with different years on them that I have seen along with the common and very cool tall Tiki one shown in the book, Tiki Quest by Duke Carter on p.154. This photo shows an awesome mug from The Beachcomber Bars that were run by Butlins across England. In the center is a rare Frank Schirman piece called "Madonna". It is quite a bit different from the more commonly known Madonna piece. The more commonly seen one is a tall figure showing the Madonna standing with a baby as opposed to this one which is just from her waste up with her hands centered together and no baby. The top style above the Madonna is also different. I also find it unusal because most Schirman pieces have the name or model number that corresponds to that partcular figure. This one is clearly different from the other Madonna. On the right side of this photo is the "XXX Big Shot" glass that was used at Trader Vics as well as a couple other Tiki/Polynesian restaurants. This last shot is of a really cool and unusual Tiki carving that I picked up. I haven't seen this style locally before and was pretty stoked to grab it. He stands about 18" tall. Thats about it for now. Happy Hunting!! TabooDan [ Edited by: TabooDan 2007-03-27 16:58 ]

Aloha all!! I have not posted in a little while so I figured I'd show a few finds that I have dug up lately. Mostly here in the wild but one or two off ebay.

On the left front are three Coco Joe Menehune's, behind them a nice green Mt.Fuji Moai Mug, a small "Discover Hawaii" United Airlines plaque/coaster, an old Moai Salt dispenser which I just couldnt leave by himself, and a nice PMP Peanut mug.

This photo shows a cool Okolehao Bottle on the left, one coaster from a set that I found which I thought was cool as it has the names of quite a few old Hotels that are no longer on the strip in Vegas including the Tropicana where Aku Aku was located, and a 1972 Jim Bean Decanter used to "Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of United Air Lines service to Hawaii" along with the 1972 Hawaiian Open Pro-Am golf tournament. I dont know how many years they made these decanters but there are atleast three designs with different years on them that I have seen along with the common and very cool tall Tiki one shown in the book, Tiki Quest by Duke Carter on p.154.

This photo shows an awesome mug from The Beachcomber Bars that were run by Butlins across England. In the center is a rare Frank Schirman piece called "Madonna". It is quite a bit different from the more commonly known Madonna piece. The more commonly seen one is a tall figure showing the Madonna standing with a baby as opposed to this one which is just from her waste up with her hands centered together and no baby. The top style above the Madonna is also different. I also find it unusal because most Schirman pieces have the name or model number that corresponds to that partcular figure. This one is clearly different from the other Madonna. On the right side of this photo is the "XXX Big Shot" glass that was used at Trader Vics as well as a couple other Tiki/Polynesian restaurants.

This last shot is of a really cool and unusual Tiki carving that I picked up. I haven't seen this style locally before and was pretty stoked to grab it. He stands about 18" tall.
Thats about it for now. Happy Hunting!! TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2007-03-27 16:58 ]

Post #295037 by TabooDan on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 4:51 PM