Post #455114 by bigbrotiki on Wed, May 20, 2009 10:52 AM

Ha ha! I am not trashing the item, I am singing its praise sky high and acknowledging its uniqueness!!! And if there wouldn't be a full page picture of it in my book (which you quote), there would be much less certainty as to its intrinsic value. You can take that to the bank.
You decided to leave the patina and put it on a public forum, you will have to accept people's honest opinion about its condition here. I am just offering a helpful suggestion as to WHY it has not sold so far, everybody who has looked at it has made up their mind if they prefer the patina or not anyway. And if they don't prefer it, my suggestion to easily remedy the situation with a can of matte black paint will maybe persuade them to look past the exterior of this beauty, and embrace its sculptural qualities. Which, by the way, lie to a large part in the drooping breasts, a feature which could have only flourished in such un-p.c. times as the Tiki period was. They are a Zeitgeist statement, but they just don't work with blotches, for me. Personally. In my subjective opinion. May I say that? :)

AND: As the wisdom goes: There is no BAD P.R.! All this discussion, fueled by my supportive posts, gave your posting more exposure and attention than it would have ever gotten, and if it's not selling after all that, the reasons for that lie beyond both our powers. :D