On 2010-01-04 15:34, bigbrotiki wrote:
Aha!, you outed yourself as a Kentucky Fried Chicken collector! Well, that is OK in this community, we understand...somewhat. :)
Actually no, I've probably sold more KFC collectibles than I have kept. I just keep what's cool or at least what borders on nerdish but is still pretty uncommon.
Congrats on that haul, and I have several questions:
A.) I assume no photos of the original home bar (with the Tiki in Situ) survived?
Actually, as you will see in the photo below, it's just him in the basement bar. Nothing else too exciting there, just a pool table, bar and of course a velvet Elvis or "Velvis" as we call them. (photo courtesy of Silverline)
B.) From what I can see, the Tiki reminds me of a Coco Joe style/sand stone Tiki I once saw. Does anyone recognize it as such? (A Buzzy question)
I was told that they thought the artist used a small souvenir tiki from Hawaii as a model but when they showed me a cocojoes that was nothing like the big guy, I didn't feel it was necessary to correct them so I was polite and bought the cocojoes too. Well, I didn't have it already and it was cheap. By the way, I neglected to mention that the artist passed awayin 2005 at the age of 75. Oh and as for the true model...I am pretty sure that what must have been used was something like this ceramic bank I have had for several years. It is just over 5 inches tall and is nearly identical in it's features.
C.) Could you photograph it mitout flash, more for contrast, so we can see the form better?
Mitout flash?? Sven is that a Germanish word that slipped out? I remember when I was in Germany I ordered my "french fries" as pommes frites MIT kechup. I never heard of mitout but I like it. :) OK, here's a better shot of him with no flash.
D.) And whatever happened to your Lake Sedalia House research? :D
It had been shelved out of sheer toobusyness. (There's a word you can use anytime you want). But I will be pursuing it further this year. I was in Sedalia a week ago but was traveling with a group and these were not tikiphiles so we just ate and left town again. Silverline and I have done some brainstorming though and we hope to have results or something to report by summer. We'll see.
And now since you have been such a good audience, here is a look at the place I chose for the new tiki that Mrs. 8FT has nicknamed "Boss Moss". I tried him next to Ol' 8FT but it wasn't right somehow so I decided on a more balanced look and put the t.v. between them. I am really satisfied with the result and when the uplights are on in the evening, well there's a good vibe in here man! So, feel free to drop in anytime you are in the middle of America. Remote tiki outpost, but we're holding our own here in the heartland.
I once was lost.......
.....but now I'm found
[ Edited by: 8FT Tiki 2010-01-04 17:56 ]
