Trader Vic's Warehouse sale returns! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Sep 27, 2009 1:20 AM On 2009-09-26 15:56, TikiMookie wrote: Matt went to the sale yesterday and picked up a couple of things. The largest is a piece carved by Barney West. We don't know anything else about the piece, but put it over the fireplace, shown in photo below. That is the perfect place for it! But: Though I cannot fully tell unless I see it in person, that mask looks a little new to me to be an original Barney West: ..it looks more like a recent Asian reproduction. 90% of the Berlin Trader Vic's decor was Asian carved in the 2000s.

On 2009-09-26 15:56, TikiMookie wrote:
Matt went to the sale yesterday and picked up a couple of things. The largest is a piece carved by Barney West. We don't know anything else about the piece, but put it over the fireplace, shown in photo below.

That is the perfect place for it!

But: Though I cannot fully tell unless I see it in person, that mask looks a little new to me to be an original Barney West:

..it looks more like a recent Asian reproduction. 90% of the Berlin Trader Vic's decor was Asian carved in the 2000s.

Post #485309 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Sep 27, 2009 1:20 AM