Post #467352 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Tue, Jul 7, 2009 12:08 PM

Wow. This looks legitimate. I'm saving the photos here for posterity:

The Ebay Text :down:

*This is a collection of bar, den items from Wren Clark, a Fort Worth well known architect from the 1950's-60's. He designed the Western Hills Hotel in the Ridglea Area of Fort Worth.

FOR SALE: PROTOTYPE TRADER VIC BAR. HOMEOWNER REMODELING ROOM. SALE INCLUDES 10 FOOT THATCH ROOF BAR WITH 4 MATCHING BAR STOOLS. BAR IS BACK LIT WITH RED NEON AND HAS STORAGE SPACES FOR GLASSES. TWO BAMBOO STRAIGHT CHAIRS AND TWO SWIVEL BAMBOO CHAIRS. ONE TIKI 5 ½ FEET TALL BY 2 FEET IN DIA., ONE TIKI 3 FEET BY 1 FOOT, AND A TIKI 2 FEET TALL BY 8 INCHES ACROSS. TWO JAPANESE ORKS 1 FOOT DIA. (GLASS, 1 RED AND 1 BLUE). TWO BLOW FISH 12 INCHES AND 8 INCHES. ONE BAMBOO BREAD RACK WITH GLASS SHELVES, 6 FEET TALL, 28 INCHES WIDE, AND 14 INCHES DEEP. LOCATED IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. OWNER WILL REMOVE . BUYER RESPONSIBLE FOR PICK UP AND DELIVERY.*

That darker tiki is definitely the Ren Clark' Polynesian Village logo Tiki (they spelled "Ren" wrong, but that's a fairly unusual name, shared by a cartoon chihuahua and few others, so we can forgive them). That bar is an old-school bar of the type you see on old linen postcards. The wiring on that red fish-float lamp looks ancient too.

Whoever wins this auction and goes to collect the items, should also ask if they can salvage that bamboo ceiling and all the old tight-pattern lahala matting. Oh - and contact the owner via the estate liquidators to get as much historical info as possible. This definitely looks like the eBay find of the year.

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2009-07-07 12:42 ]