WANTED Trader Vic Matchbooks WANTED & Some History! - Collecting Tiki

T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:28 PM WANTED!! PLEASE HELP A BROTHER OUT!! Aloha all! Just wanted to know if anyone had Trader Vic Matchbooks either for sale or trade??? I know you're probably thinking "Who doesn't??". I am SPECIFICALLY looking for the earlier style, but can be newer issues, but they have to be of this design: I can't really use any of the others that you see but only the ones with these RED/WHITE stripes. If they happen to be newer or current ones, that's okay, but I am only looking for ones with a BLACK background as above. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE MATCHES OR BE COMPLETE. JUST THE COVER IS FINE! Not like this one: New one from the London location. And not like these: Older ones from Seattle and San Francisco I am trying to stay away from these types and only get ones with the black back grounds on them. I know this is a bit anal, but I am trying to do a piece for a Trader Vic display that I am doing. I would need them all to be the same style. These ones traditionally measure about 2" wide. There were smaller ones issued that were about 1.25-1.50" wide which are a bit too small to use. I thought it might also be cool to try to get a list going of all the different locations and see which ones issued what. It might also be good to try and answer a few questions. Like these: Did the Waikiki Trader Vic location have these types of matchbooks?? I have seen a few other designs they had but did they have this style?? Did the San Francisco location have it's OWN matchbook?? I have only seen them with the Oakland/Emeryville address on them. Did Oakland/Emeryville have their own with just THEIR address on them?? Did new locations, like anything that opened after 1986 use these style of matchbooks?? It might be good to answer a few of these questions and I am probably not the only nut that might be a little bit interested in this. Am I?? Thanks for any help and I look forward to hearing your comments and maybe tracking down a few. Thanks alot, TabooDan [ Edited by: TabooDan 2009-01-25 18:25 ]

WANTED!! PLEASE HELP A BROTHER OUT!!

Aloha all!

Just wanted to know if anyone had Trader Vic Matchbooks either for sale or trade???
I know you're probably thinking "Who doesn't??".
I am SPECIFICALLY looking for the earlier style, but can be newer issues, but they have to be of this design:

I can't really use any of the others that you see but only the ones with these RED/WHITE stripes. If they happen to be newer or current ones, that's okay, but I am only looking for ones with a BLACK background as above. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE MATCHES OR BE COMPLETE. JUST THE COVER IS FINE!

Not like this one:

New one from the London location.

And not like these:

Older ones from Seattle and San Francisco

I am trying to stay away from these types and only get ones with the black back grounds on them.

I know this is a bit anal, but I am trying to do a piece for a Trader Vic display that I am doing. I would need them all to be the same style. These ones traditionally measure about 2" wide. There were smaller ones issued that were about 1.25-1.50" wide which are a bit too small to use.

I thought it might also be cool to try to get a list going of all the different locations and see which ones issued what.

It might also be good to try and answer a few questions.

Like these:

Did the Waikiki Trader Vic location have these types of matchbooks??
I have seen a few other designs they had but did they have this style??
Did the San Francisco location have it's OWN matchbook??
I have only seen them with the Oakland/Emeryville address on them.
Did Oakland/Emeryville have their own with just THEIR address on them??
Did new locations, like anything that opened after 1986 use these style of matchbooks??

It might be good to answer a few of these questions and I am probably not the only nut that might be a little bit interested in this. Am I??

Thanks for any help and I look forward to hearing your comments and maybe tracking down a few.
Thanks alot, TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2009-01-25 18:25 ]

Post #430472 by TabooDan on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:28 PM