Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

HOK HOUSE OF KU Member TIKILAND, USA Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 541	HOK HOUSE OF KU Posted posted on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 6:11 PM On 2008-02-23 23:03, Koolau wrote: Went mug hunting at the Hawaii Collector's show yesterday afternoon - pretty slim pickings for such a large show (about 100 dealers), but I think I saw the master collector Freddie (House of Ku) there, so he may have already cleaned the place out. Curses, I thought I was under the Radar :) I got there a little more than a hour before and was about 30th in line. The good part about that is, Gecko is nowhere to be seen...Muwahahaha. After racing around scanning for Tiki items, at about the 20th stall , I find a "Black Coral" Frank Schirman figure and quickly hang onto it while I look around his booth. While I'm looking, the elderly Local man said to take 50% off the price tags because he was retiring and stopped collecting, choosing to travel instead. Nice guy! The show just opened about 15 min ago! The best part is the price tag was $50 - 50% = :) . The original price tag was still on the bottom. Also found was a replica Marquesan weapon with a broken stone. Easy fix with a local river rock :) $15. Next was this small Tiki made of fossilized Walrus bone. It looks like a Coco Joe design. The vendor is from the Big Island and usually has a booth and is a pretty nice guy. It was priced at $100+ and he said if I really wanted it, he would go down to $75. Also found were these Hula wristbands made of raffia and braided cord. This vendor is a regular Swapmeet seller and let me have the 3 for $3. Probably gonna put these on one of the Tiki wrists or ankles. The Coco Joe with purple rhinestone was $3 The final item was a wooden Frank Schirman carving, a little over 12" tall. Asking price $125. The person manning the booth is also a Swapmeet regular, Vintage bottle collector Paul, who was sharing the booth with the Schirman owner. He said he'll talk to his friend and can came back with a $90 take it home price :) That was it... Freddie :tiki:

On 2008-02-23 23:03, Koolau wrote:
Went mug hunting at the Hawaii Collector's show yesterday afternoon - pretty slim pickings for such a large show (about 100 dealers), but I think I saw the master collector Freddie (House of Ku) there, so he may have already cleaned the place out.

Curses, I thought I was under the Radar :) I got there a little more than a hour before and was about 30th in line. The good part about that is, Gecko is nowhere to be seen...Muwahahaha. After racing around scanning for Tiki items, at about the 20th stall , I find a "Black Coral" Frank Schirman figure and quickly hang onto it while I look around his booth. While I'm looking, the elderly Local man said to take 50% off the price tags because he was retiring and stopped collecting, choosing to travel instead. Nice guy! The show just opened about 15 min ago!

The best part is the price tag was $50 - 50% = :) .
The original price tag was still on the bottom.

Also found was a replica Marquesan weapon with a broken stone. Easy fix with a local river rock :) $15.

Next was this small Tiki made of fossilized Walrus bone. It looks like a Coco Joe design. The vendor is from the Big Island and usually has a booth and is a pretty nice guy. It was priced at $100+ and he said if I really wanted it, he would go down to $75.

Also found were these Hula wristbands made of raffia and braided cord. This vendor is a regular Swapmeet seller and let me have the 3 for $3. Probably gonna put these on one of the Tiki wrists or ankles. The Coco Joe with purple rhinestone was $3

The final item was a wooden Frank Schirman carving, a little over 12" tall. Asking price $125. The person manning the booth is also a Swapmeet regular, Vintage bottle collector Paul, who was sharing the booth with the Schirman owner. He said he'll talk to his friend and can came back with a $90 take it home price :)

That was it... Freddie :tiki:

Post #363260 by HOUSE OF KU on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 6:11 PM