Post #518911 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 2:38 PM

I bought a huge lot of matches at the swap meet today. They belonged to a travelling salesman guy who did a whole lot of travelling(...and a whole lot of smoking while he was travelling.) He died, and his daughter sold them to me for a good price because she wanted a matchbook enthusiast such as myself to enjoy her dad's collection.

this was the batch. the pile is about 4' x 4' and is knee high

When I found them, I did the swipe test. That's where I run my hand through it quickly, and if I spot a tiki matchbook by just glancing, I look to buy the whole lot for a good price, figuring there will be more than that one in the batch. When I did the test, A Bali Hai thet I've never seen and a Rayal Tahitian came up right away. I asked the price, bargained a bit, and then walked away with the lot. 3+ hours of initial sorting found these:

About 70 with tikis, or from tiki bars:

Some nudes and pinups

A couple hundred various hawaiian

About 300 more interesting ones worth a second glance:

That's it this week.
Buzzy Out!