Post #391951 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 1:06 PM

Recent stuff that I found hidden behind some benehanas mugs at the swap meet:

18" wooden Hawaiian Tongan styled tourist totem tiki

A vintage marked mug from an old tiki bar called "Tai Wan's"

EFCCO ceramic tiki face mug

Which is sadder?...

Pepe, the lonely Trader Vics shaker,

or the Tiki spoon without the fork?

Some books:

An old travel encyclopedia

Moai detail

Maori detail

Here's an interesting Hawaiana book find:

Published in 1922, a book of poems and photos.

Signed by the author in 1925

There was also a signed xmas card in it:

Doing some intensive research on google for about 5 minutes, i found some information on the husband of the author mentioned on the card, Bishop Restarick. I figured that there couldn't be that many bishops out there in the early 1900s. There are several references to him on the web and a complete scan of the book here. My favorite was an old article in the New York Times from 1909 entitled "IMMORALITY IN HAWAII.; Bishop Restarick Declares That Conditions There Are Very Bad." It was so bad they couildn't even print what he saw! My mind is about to explode just thinking about what might have been going on. I envision that bar from the movie called "Porky's"

A Gauguin Noa Noa Tahitian Journal:

After flipping through the Gaughin book, I was in a Tahitian mood, so I picked up this framed print:

Picked up a couple new copies of these gems:

I didn't open the copy of Tiki modern yet, so I don't know if this is a Witco boat/clipper

All the pieces have staple holes on the backs of them like they were originally mounted on something:


Detail of the grain:

Buzzy Out!