Trader Vic's Warehouse sale returns! - General Tiki

T tiki1963 Member los angeles Joined: Sep 12, 2003 Posts: 221	T tiki1963 Posted posted on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 12:33 PM Sven... No need to qualify your opinions. Well, I'm sorta pissed you wrote the book to begin with, but that's a different story! :wink: I agree that there's a lot of tiki being pawned off as 'authentic' these days that simply are not. "Authentic" as you rightly state being from the hey-dey. A funny word in that none of these 'authentic replicas' are authentic in regards to their caricatured origins. It's like saying, an 'authentic' bird from Disneyland's Tiki Room. Trader Vic's is in no way trying to sell items incorrectly. Even with all their knowledge, the gals can only know so much and certainly can only relay the information their inventory states. It's true that both Berlin and Dusseldorf are not that old. I can say from personal experience that there was material recycled from earlier locations. In my mind, the bottom line is "caveat-emptor". It's the buyer's place to know what they are buying. BTW, it's my opinion that the mask in question is actually a period Barney West. I would've bought it in the last sale but I just bought too much. When I saw it with new coloring in this sale, I wondered what happened. The last color scheme looked more authentic actually.

Sven...

No need to qualify your opinions. Well, I'm sorta pissed you wrote the book to begin with, but that's a different story! :wink:

I agree that there's a lot of tiki being pawned off as 'authentic' these days that simply are not. "Authentic" as you rightly state being from the hey-dey. A funny word in that none of these 'authentic replicas' are authentic in regards to their caricatured origins. It's like saying, an 'authentic' bird from Disneyland's Tiki Room.

Trader Vic's is in no way trying to sell items incorrectly. Even with all their knowledge, the gals can only know so much and certainly can only relay the information their inventory states. It's true that both Berlin and Dusseldorf are not that old. I can say from personal experience that there was material recycled from earlier locations.

In my mind, the bottom line is "caveat-emptor". It's the buyer's place to know what they are buying.

BTW, it's my opinion that the mask in question is actually a period Barney West. I would've bought it in the last sale but I just bought too much. When I saw it with new coloring in this sale, I wondered what happened. The last color scheme looked more authentic actually.

Post #485647 by tiki1963 on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 12:33 PM