Post #307663 by GO TIKI on Sun, May 20, 2007 1:12 PM

I love this post area the best! I went to the Long Beach, Ca. Antique Swap Meet, been there a few times, but it has been like a year, I scored in my opinion some cool stuff, but I was amazed on how many Tiki Mugs where fake, Reproductions of the original vintage mugs, over half that I saw, I make tiki art myself sometimes from original molds, the difference is Repop (Re-Popularize) the original or copy it and pass it off as vintage, Big difference, anyways I got all the mugs and Trader Vics ashtray for $5.00 each, not too bad, but not a big score! I need some advice on the Shag Art Coasters/Plates? I never seen them, probably fake too, cost me $18.00 bucks for the four of them to find out! Going Antiques Road Show style! What I do know is the Trader Vics salt and pepper shakers are fake, they cost me $5.00 bucks but I wanted to use them as an example, being a ceramist myself, I know if you copy a item and remold it, it will be 10% smaller than the original, due to the shrinkage of the clay, so if you see an item that appears a little smaller than what you think it should be, Be suspect! I suspect a bunch of fake copy's are coming out! Maybe they have been out for awhile and I haven't been out enough to notice :) Mahalo Gogo

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