Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 3:09 PM I remember reading about this mug a while back - sounds like it is pretty sought-after and valuable: On 2002-12-16 23:02, midnite_tiki wrote: Got a reply from Bob at OA: "This mug was created for the MahiMahi Restaurant in Nashville ,Tennessee in the mid 1960's. We have the original drawing for the mug. We had a sculpturer make up the pattern, then Desert Ceramics in Indio made the molds and production parts. If it has the Oceanic Arts on the bottom it is one of the original mugs, although the color seems off somewhat and the brown rim at top is not like ours. Desert kept the molds and could have made more. The MahiMahi restaurant was decorated by Eli Hedley, one of the original beachcombers who had an Island Trade Store in the first Disneyland. Eli is Bamboo Ben's grandfather." Oh, was not purchased on Ebay, btw. midnite

I remember reading about this mug a while back - sounds like it is pretty sought-after and valuable:

On 2002-12-16 23:02, midnite_tiki wrote:
Got a reply from Bob at OA:

"This mug was created for the MahiMahi Restaurant in Nashville ,Tennessee in the mid 1960's. We have the original drawing for the mug. We had a sculpturer make up the pattern, then Desert Ceramics in Indio made the molds and production parts.
If it has the Oceanic Arts on the bottom it is one of the original mugs, although the color seems off somewhat and the brown rim at top is not like ours. Desert kept the molds and could have made more.

The MahiMahi restaurant was decorated by Eli Hedley, one of the original beachcombers who had an Island Trade Store in the first Disneyland. Eli is Bamboo Ben's grandfather."

Oh, was not purchased on Ebay, btw.

midnite

Post #314841 by Paipo on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 3:09 PM