Classic Tiki Mugs.. worth $7 each? - Tiki Marketplace

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, May 10, 2008 10:38 PM Looks like you got a veritable Tiki store going, now. :) Let us know what you find. If the mugs have the name of the place inscribed, I would like to have a set, too. Here they are in the 1969 line up of Otagiri Mercantile: ....and here is some more info from a 1968 catalog: Otagiri was THE mug manufacturer of Tiki culture, in the heyday of Tiki (early 60s) they came up with some really great individual Tiki logo mugs, with nice detail and paint. By the late 60s, Tiki had peaked, and gradually they offered less and less variety, eventually letting Orchids of Hawaii taking over in the Tiki restaurant business.

Looks like you got a veritable Tiki store going, now. :) Let us know what you find. If the mugs have the name of the place inscribed, I would like to have a set, too. Here they are in the 1969 line up of Otagiri Mercantile:

....and here is some more info from a 1968 catalog:

Otagiri was THE mug manufacturer of Tiki culture, in the heyday of Tiki (early 60s) they came up with some really great individual Tiki logo mugs, with nice detail and paint. By the late 60s, Tiki had peaked, and gradually they offered less and less variety, eventually letting Orchids of Hawaii taking over in the Tiki restaurant business.

Post #379485 by bigbrotiki on Sat, May 10, 2008 10:38 PM