Post #460017 by Paipo on Sun, Jun 7, 2009 10:04 PM

Other than pointing people towards helpful threads, it's been a long time between drinks for me here in "Collecting". I've just had a pretty amazing week by NZ standards, so thought I better share. It really does take some time to shoot and post all this stuff, so thanks to the regular contributors who keep this thread (probably my favourite) ticking over...

First, some older but still recent finds - there would be more but I couldn't figure out where I put them!

PNG bird man, Sepik I presume...

Coco Joes hapawood napkin holder:

Crown Lynn butter(?) dish, one of a pair with an awesome full face moko design that's very hard to see because the two glaze colours are so close:

A very old looking clear glass float:

A large contemporary Koruru mask by my woodcarving tutor - traditionally it should be outside, but it's too valuable! So he sits just inside the front to door, keeping guard and greeting visitors. I'm not always a fan of painted tikis but I love this piece and the bright hues were what attracted me intially!

Now on to the weekend - we crossed the island for a family visit to the east coast and I had literally a few hours each day to get out hunting. My task was made easier by a family member who is a crazy pack-rat like me, and knows all the best places to look. He tipped me off to a tiki at a second hand clothing & junk store near where I was staying. Stoked to find this little guy when I got there:

The next morning, after a big night and little sleep, I hit the markets. My man was out and about again too, and grabbed these for me just before someone else did:

Mugs in the wild are pretty much non-existent here, and it seems that someone else always grabs them for me when I'm out looking - not that I'm complaining!

I did manage a few finds of my own at the market...

A nice postcard from 1971...

Some vinyl:

My first ever Martin Denny album! Overpriced and scratched but playable. I passed on a very cheap but pretty much destroyed copy of "Quiet Village" from the same seller. (PTD, you don't know how lucky you are!) The only other ones I've seen in recent times were about 15 bucks each with OK covers and totally buggered vinyl!

He had some more good stuff, love the font on this one:

This album I already had, but it was cheap and it's an excellent record. This band is/was actually local to the city I was in, and an uncle of mine was a drinking buddy of Nick Nicholson back in the 60s. My cousin has lots of info (he turned me on to these guys and we were talking about the band just the previous night!) so I may post something on them in "Music" if/when I get a chance...I think many of the music buffs here would enjoy their sound.

So, back home from the city again, and there's a box waiting for me on the doorstep just to finish the weekend on a high note!

Witco in NZ - who would have thought? I have only ever seen one piece previously - an outrigger wall hanging with an orange background. I would have loved to buy it, but couldn't afford it at the time and the size (about 5' long) meant I wouldn't have been able to hang or even store it anywhere! These matching Kus are probably the highlight of the year for me so far and just go to show that anything is possible, even in a Poly-Pop starved locale like NZ! Kudos to the unknown punter who brought these back to NZ from wherever it was....