Are these from the Trader Vic's warehouse sale? - General Tiki

MT Mai Tai Tiki Socialite Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 1438	MT Mai Tai Posted posted on Sat, Apr 5, 2008 7:54 PM Um, er, uh, THEY ARE NOT FROM THE TRADER VIC'S WAREHOUSE SALE!!! They were sold at Clar's Auction House. The only thing they have similar is that they coincidentally were sold on the same weekend as the Trader Vic's warehouse sale, in the East Bay Area. But again, to clarify, the are not from any Trader Vic's restaurant or warehouse, nor do they have any pedigree or history. They are indeed NEW carvings with no restaurant provenance, vintage or otherwise. 6129 Modern, Hawaiian style palmwood 'kou' statue, South Pacific figure, 6'8''h $750 6246 Maori style statue carved from palmwood, South Pacific figure, 6'8''h $1,000 And even though they might look like they are from the same importer/Balinese carving shop that all the nouveaux Vic's Tikis come from, and even though that Maori might be clearly based on the classic Trader Vic's logo Tiki, who's origin was traced back to the S.F. DeYoung Museum in these pages not too long ago, and even though it is unlikely that any other Asian carver would use that Tiki as a template, these two are simply not from Trader Vic's. :)

Um, er, uh, THEY ARE NOT FROM THE TRADER VIC'S WAREHOUSE SALE!!! They were sold at Clar's Auction House. The only thing they have similar is that they coincidentally were sold on the same weekend as the Trader Vic's warehouse sale, in the East Bay Area. But again, to clarify, the are not from any Trader Vic's restaurant or warehouse, nor do they have any pedigree or history. They are indeed NEW carvings with no restaurant provenance, vintage or otherwise.

6129 Modern, Hawaiian style palmwood 'kou' statue, South Pacific figure, 6'8''h $750

6246 Maori style statue carved from palmwood, South Pacific figure, 6'8''h $1,000

And even though they might look like they are from the same importer/Balinese carving shop that all the nouveaux Vic's Tikis come from, and even though that Maori might be clearly based on the classic Trader Vic's logo Tiki, who's origin was traced back to the S.F. DeYoung Museum in these pages not too long ago, and even though it is unlikely that any other Asian carver would use that Tiki as a template, these two are simply not from Trader Vic's. :)

Post #371891 by Mai Tai on Sat, Apr 5, 2008 7:54 PM