Post #372349 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Apr 7, 2008 10:29 PM

On 2008-04-07 21:03, ManFromT.I.K.I. wrote:
bigbro, you are an interesting mix of scholar and eccentric.

Why, thank you! That is the nicest thing anybody said about me all day. And that living room is indeed a nice example of modern decor tastefully applied. Mr. Solo, do you own a copy of Tiki Modern by now? Your chances of recognizing a piece will be much greater...

Take the case case of Granite Tiki for example (I hope it's OK I post this here?):

"I was shocked to see that Witco made metal sculptures. Mainly I was shocked because I think I've owned one since the 80s!

My Father owned a state line market here in NH and people would pass through town trying to sell things to him at the store (my Mother always said it was the gypsies who would stay at a local campground every year). One night he brought home what I considered to be a metal sculpture of Picasso's Don Quixote line drawing, my Mother hated it, but I loved it, so it went down to the basement with me and my "recording studio" where it stayed until I just rushed over there to get it!

I believe it originally had a lance in the horseman's arms (which I'm going back to look for when I'm wearing grubbier clothes)which broke off some time in the 90s during band rehearsals and such."

And YES, indeed, Mr. Granite is the owner of THIS fine family heirloom:

What a great "ugly duckling" story. Remember, folks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder...and in the history and context of an object. These metal figures are the darnedest thing to find nowadays, I myself own only one, and a lamp.