Best type of place to find them - Collecting Tiki

T tiki-tom Member Joined: Feb 10, 2008 Posts: 2	T tiki-tom Posted posted on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 9:00 PM Well, as I have visited this site quite often and it has been very helpful in my never ending quest for tiki. I feel as though maybe its time I signed up and made a few posts. Here in coastal South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) Tiki is not very easy to come by. Any thing other than Tacky Tiki that is. Flea markets haven't worked very well around here, at least not for me. I don't care for yard sales ether,It takes to long to weed out the crap from the gold and I just don't have the time. Now, I have had some luck lookin' in older surf shops in the area. The newer shops have a lot of Tiki-Farm type stuff but not as many one of a kind finds. Not a knock at Tiki-Farm by any means(I have my fair share of cool Farm stuff.) The older shops just tend to have more one of a kind items. Any Tikiphiles that live on one of our fine coasts may want to give that a try. I travel often and When I do I always Keep an eye on the little hole in the wall or mom and pop run Thrift Shops along the way to wherever I'm headed. I've scored a few major finds this way.... Case in point..........This is one of (if not THE) creme de la creme finds in my collection found in The Outer Banks, N.C. my wife spotted this little rinky dink shop on the side of the road and asked if I wanted to stop and have a look. I reluctantly said O.K. as it looked like a complete waste of time, lots of old lady dresses and such in the windows. Anyhow, as we looked around she calls out to me to come over. I do, and she says, how bout this ugly little guy, Its only 50 cents........I could not believe my eyes. A Tiki Bob San francisco mug for 50 cents?!! I still can't believe it. See, you just never know where you may get lucky. Needless to say my wife doesnt think the little guy's so ugly after all. Next week we're off to Florida and the search continues........... much luck to you all in your own tiki quest. Hope the surf shop tip helps.

Well, as I have visited this site quite often and it has been very helpful in my never ending quest for tiki. I feel as though maybe its time I signed up and made a few posts.

Here in coastal South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) Tiki is not very easy to come by. Any thing other than Tacky Tiki that is. Flea markets haven't worked very well around here, at least not for me. I don't care for yard sales ether,It takes to long to weed out the crap from the gold and I just don't have the time.

Now, I have had some luck lookin' in older surf shops in the area. The newer shops have a lot of Tiki-Farm type stuff but not as many one of a kind finds. Not a knock at Tiki-Farm by any means(I have my fair share of cool Farm stuff.) The older shops just tend to have more one of a kind items. Any Tikiphiles that live on one of our fine coasts may want to give that a try.

I travel often and When I do I always Keep an eye on the little hole in the wall or mom and pop run Thrift Shops along the way to wherever I'm headed. I've scored a few major finds this way....

Case in point..........This is one of (if not THE) creme de la creme finds in my collection found in The Outer Banks, N.C. my wife spotted this little rinky dink shop on the side of the road and asked if I wanted to stop and have a look. I reluctantly said O.K. as it looked like a complete waste of time, lots of old lady dresses and such in the windows. Anyhow, as we looked around she calls out to me to come over. I do, and she says, how bout this ugly little guy, Its only 50 cents........I could not believe my eyes.

A Tiki Bob San francisco mug for 50 cents?!! I still can't believe it. See, you just never know where you may get lucky. Needless to say my wife doesnt think the little guy's so ugly after all. Next week we're off to Florida and the search continues........... much luck to you all in your own tiki quest. Hope the surf shop tip helps.

Post #360465 by tiki-tom on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 9:00 PM