Buyer Beware! Bogus pendants at the Hukilau...and in NZ! Major Update Pg. 5!!! - General Tiki

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Sun, Jun 22, 2008 12:30 AM Still going...another NZ carver, another shitty knockoff: City Buddha...tea-stained brown version also visible in the group pic. Lewis Gardiner original (better pic possibly coming, but the resemblance is obvious). Thanks to the long-time collector of my work and TC lurker who IDed this one and tracked it down! Apparently City Buddha will be vending at Oasis, but please don't email or PM Otto about this. He is aware of the situation and will be monitoring it closely. I'm not sure there's a lot he can actually do unless this guy actually turns up at the event with a pile of this crap, so the best option at the moment is to just keep IDing as many of these pieces as possible. I'll bump this thread back to the top closer to the date....

Still going...another NZ carver, another shitty knockoff:

City Buddha...tea-stained brown version also visible in the group pic.

Lewis Gardiner original (better pic possibly coming, but the resemblance is obvious). Thanks to the long-time collector of my work and TC lurker who IDed this one and tracked it down!

Apparently City Buddha will be vending at Oasis, but please don't email or PM Otto about this. He is aware of the situation and will be monitoring it closely. I'm not sure there's a lot he can actually do unless this guy actually turns up at the event with a pile of this crap, so the best option at the moment is to just keep IDing as many of these pieces as possible. I'll bump this thread back to the top closer to the date....

Post #388638 by Paipo on Sun, Jun 22, 2008 12:30 AM