Post #479421 by 1961surf on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 6:11 PM

Thanks DC .Well I can not seem to get a returned telephone call back from this guy,
so I offered to call him on my dime in an email.He sent me his tel #, but I still
have had no luck reaching him.I just received an email from him about five minutes
a go .... and heres what he has to say;

Hi Bill....thank you for following up. I have been collecting Hawaiiana & tiki's for about thirty years and asked a few friends in the biz to verify these pieces.They seem to think they are the real deal as do I so I will let the auction run. I have had three offers to end the auction early for $1200 - $1700 so there are at least a few others who think they are the real deal. Thanks again for your input, very much appreciated.Have a wonderful evening.

Aloha & Mahalo,

Robert Hayes

Without any documentation or photos from the Luau depicting these exact carvings, I would not think his sources have any real factual information to back up his claim..... all hear say .I know this guy is a big surf and Hawaiian collector and probably has $20,000 worth of stuff on ebay right now, however that doesn't have any bearing on the authenticity of these carvings.

[ Edited by: 1961surf 2009-12-02 16:58 ]