Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1515	F Formikahini Posted posted on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 11:23 AM On 2009-07-28 16:18, Kona Chris wrote: I have this exact same lamp! Found it in a thrift store for $10. Mine had a metal female bowler figurine mounted on the flat front piece. I immediately removed it. Truly a fantastic lamp that melds polynesia with Atomic/mid-century lines. Chris I have one very similar; my [taller] shade part has corner and horizontal bars (no inside vertical), and instead of the polka dot panel to the right, it has a round "globe" map of the islands floating above Diamondhead. And to the left of and "behind" the shorter, more S-curved palm tree, it has a "tapa" panel (in inlaid wood) in a long, bar form. Mine too came with a doohickey on the flat surface to the left - a knob. Like, a chest-of-drawers knob. (?) I replaced it with a monkeypod wood little Ku (the wood matches exactly). Your comment about the bowling figurine now causes me to think someone replaced something else with the stupid knob. But mine I paid handsomely for, you lucky bastards both; I forked over $100 to an antique store on Magazine Street in New Orleans a few years ago. I just loved it too much and I'd never seen anything like it before (and until now - you lucky free-or-$10 bastards!). Besides my actual bar itself, it's the most I've ever spent on a single tiki item. But I don't regret one cent, so for me it was worth it. Ya gotta do that: "Is it worth that much to ME?" and if the answer is yes, ya gotta do it. But usually, I'm the cheapest SOB out there..... (E.g., I will pay no more than $20 for any Witco - because that's what I've paid for the two great masks I've found!)

On 2009-07-28 16:18, Kona Chris wrote:

I have this exact same lamp! Found it in a thrift store for $10. Mine had a metal female bowler figurine mounted on the flat front piece. I immediately removed it. Truly a fantastic lamp that melds polynesia with Atomic/mid-century lines.

Chris

I have one very similar; my [taller] shade part has corner and horizontal bars (no inside vertical), and instead of the polka dot panel to the right, it has a round "globe" map of the islands floating above Diamondhead. And to the left of and "behind" the shorter, more S-curved palm tree, it has a "tapa" panel (in inlaid wood) in a long, bar form.

Mine too came with a doohickey on the flat surface to the left - a knob. Like, a chest-of-drawers knob. (?)
I replaced it with a monkeypod wood little Ku (the wood matches exactly). Your comment about the bowling figurine now causes me to think someone replaced something else with the stupid knob.

But mine I paid handsomely for, you lucky bastards both; I forked over $100 to an antique store on Magazine Street in New Orleans a few years ago. I just loved it too much and I'd never seen anything like it before (and until now - you lucky free-or-$10 bastards!). Besides my actual bar itself, it's the most I've ever spent on a single tiki item. But I don't regret one cent, so for me it was worth it. Ya gotta do that: "Is it worth that much to ME?" and if the answer is yes, ya gotta do it.

But usually, I'm the cheapest SOB out there..... (E.g., I will pay no more than $20 for any Witco - because that's what I've paid for the two great masks I've found!)

Post #472723 by Formikahini on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 11:23 AM