Post #309715 by rupe33 on Wed, May 30, 2007 4:48 AM

Had probably my best hunting ever this past Memorial Day weekend in Eastern Maryland on the way out to Solomon's Island & Vera's White Sands. All these finds are from the same antiques center, apart from the Arthur Lyman LP.

LPs - Hank Snow's "Snow In Hawaii" (produced by Chet Atkins!), and a sealed copy of Arthur Lyman's "Love For Sale" (found at an area flea market for $3, a 300% markup from the sticker price!). Couple of mugs - the green one has yellow glaze on the inside, and the handled one is my first ever Westwood find.

This is a killer copper tin Kon-Tiki style candle holder. Am thinking about wiring it up as a lamp.

Here's a closer look at the base:

Here's a trio of LUAU HUT mugs - the Luau Hut was in Silver Spring, Maryland, and I've never seen this petroglyphs style before. Has anyone else? Didn't see any over in Ooga-Mooga. Between this and the peanut style one, that makes roughly 8 different mugs for this one place!

Probably the crowning achievemnt - this Maori style carving, a steal at $27.50! He's missing one mother-of-pearl button eye, but that'll be easily remedied.

Closer view of the head:

There's a carver's mark on the bottom - does anyone recognize it? It could easily be MM and not WW... and it doesn't particularly look Witco-esque to me, so am guessing it's not a William Westenhaver piece. Am curious to see if anyone might be able to tell who made this?

Cheers,
Rupe