Post #371341 by Chub on Thu, Apr 3, 2008 2:27 PM

Last weekend, I and Tattoo drifted into the estate sale of what ended up being Florian Gabriel's former home. As many know, Florian helped design many of the best Tiki themed restaurants back in the day, from Steven Crane's Luau to the Mauna Loa in Detroit. Unfortunately, Florian past away a little while ago. His partner decided to let go of many thousand items that he and Florian had accumulated over the years. According to the estate sale company, many of the best tiki related items were in storage and not being sold. Even so, many very nice items were to be found. Here's what I scored.

Images from book "Great Restaurants of the United States"



Image from book "Restaurants of Puerto Rico"

A Treasure Craft Mug and S&P set.


Little wood mug.

Business card and letter head for Florian.


Bunch of cool records. The Strings Over Hawaii LP features a cover photo taken at the Luau Restaurant in Beverly Hills, which Florian help design.





Sea & Jungle Imports Catalog from 1972 (Some great color pages! Take a look.)
















This is a picture of what Florian's house looked like.

There were many items that were priced way out of my range. Some were Polynesian and a lot were not.