Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Sun, Oct 12, 2003 8:31 PM Hi everyone...newbie here. I enjoy looking at everyone's cool purchases (tho some of 'em get me a little jealous) and thought I'd share some of my most recent finds. I guess I'm not a tiki purist, I also collect central/south american stuff, carribbean, african, SE asian, florida...basically items from hot muggy places...but I focus mostly on polynesian and tiki. I'll skip most of the non-tiki when I post here. I'm also new to my digital camera so these pics may not be of the highest quality. :( A month ago, I went with a friend to Oahu for 10 days. Had a great time and got to do some antiquing and thrifting. Of course, we bought lots of new cool cheap souvenirs from the International Marketplace and ABC stores etc, but for the most part they're not in the pics. Left to right: actually got that King Kamehameha Coco Joe guy here in Florida right before I left. Got it at a flea market for five bucks! :) I just had to throw him in. In front of him are a couple of small tikis: one a Coco Joe and the other one is made out of stone and is unmarked. Both of those guys came from "The Hunter" antique store in Kailua. The two of them together were well under 10 bucks. The skinny Moai in the back is actually a new item, says "Made in Indonesia" on the back, but it's one of my favorites. Cost $8 from "Peggy's Picks" on Kapahulu just a couple doors down from Ona's (love that chickek lau lau). Down front is an Alii mug that I got for two bucks from "Trash From the Past" on California in Wahiawa. That ice bucket in the back is actually a mid century Danish piece (I love Danish Modern) but I think it nicely fits in with the tiki. It came from The Hunter for a hair over $30. Last but not least, there's a drink mug from the Hyatt Regency Waikiki. I have no idea how old it is...got it at the Goodwill in Kailua for a buck or two. Hmmm....I didn't mean to crop off half of that tiki on the left. I bought him new from a carver at the Aloha Festival street party. Didn't catch his name but he sells lots of tikis around Waikiki as far as I can tell. I saw his work in a shop or two. Very nice tiki for about fifteen drunken bucks. Down front are a couple of mystery tikis. A couple of little ceramic blueish tiki guys that look kinda like bookends but are too small and light. The little blue one in the back is pretty dinged up. 5 bucks at Goodwill. To the right is a brand new tiki man. Got it at the Aloha Swap Meet for only six dollahs. Couldn't pass it up. Next to him is an Aztec/Olmec/Mayan type decanter with five shot glasses that came from the Kailua Salvation Army for 3 bucks (I think). Sorry for the non-tiki! My pride and joy pick up is the tiki lamp in the back behind the little blue guys. I see in the pic that you can't tell it's a lamp. The light socket/switch exits the center of the log just above where the pic cuts off. It appears to be pretty old and hand carved out of a single thick branch. It's awesome and was a real treat to find, especially after going to "Barney's" on Kapahulu where it would've been priced in the thousands. I found it at The Hunter in Kailua (freakin' awesome little antique store) and she only wanted $75. Mahalo! A close up of that tiki I bought at the Aloha Festival. I obviously have a lot to learn about my new digital camera. :o A close up of my prized tiki lamp. The cord and switch make me think it's fairly old. A full frontal of same. I've gotta get an appropriately cool lamp shade for this guy. I got tons of other great stuff but it's either new or non-tiki. Had a great, great time and me and my friend both plan on coming back soon. She got some cool stuff also but it was mostly non-tiki. Wish I knew of this site before going as we missed some cool things that I've since seen mentioned here. Did NOT go to "Tiki's" {sniff sniff} and really wish we did. :( I'm gonna soon post some stuff I got antiquing yesterday here in Orlando; surprisingly it was a great tiki day. Not tonight tho...getting up really early tomorrow for the flea market...Columbus day and all. Kono/Kevin

Hi everyone...newbie here. I enjoy looking at everyone's cool purchases (tho some of 'em get me a little jealous) and thought I'd share some of my most recent finds.

I guess I'm not a tiki purist, I also collect central/south american stuff, carribbean, african, SE asian, florida...basically items from hot muggy places...but I focus mostly on polynesian and tiki. I'll skip most of the non-tiki when I post here.

I'm also new to my digital camera so these pics may not be of the highest quality. :(

A month ago, I went with a friend to Oahu for 10 days. Had a great time and got to do some antiquing and thrifting. Of course, we bought lots of new cool cheap souvenirs from the International Marketplace and ABC stores etc, but for the most part they're not in the pics.

Left to right: actually got that King Kamehameha Coco Joe guy here in Florida right before I left. Got it at a flea market for five bucks! :) I just had to throw him in. In front of him are a couple of small tikis: one a Coco Joe and the other one is made out of stone and is unmarked. Both of those guys came from "The Hunter" antique store in Kailua. The two of them together were well under 10 bucks. The skinny Moai in the back is actually a new item, says "Made in Indonesia" on the back, but it's one of my favorites. Cost $8 from "Peggy's Picks" on Kapahulu just a couple doors down from Ona's (love that chickek lau lau). Down front is an Alii mug that I got for two bucks from "Trash From the Past" on California in Wahiawa. That ice bucket in the back is actually a mid century Danish piece (I love Danish Modern) but I think it nicely fits in with the tiki. It came from The Hunter for a hair over $30. Last but not least, there's a drink mug from the Hyatt Regency Waikiki. I have no idea how old it is...got it at the Goodwill in Kailua for a buck or two.

Hmmm....I didn't mean to crop off half of that tiki on the left. I bought him new from a carver at the Aloha Festival street party. Didn't catch his name but he sells lots of tikis around Waikiki as far as I can tell. I saw his work in a shop or two. Very nice tiki for about fifteen drunken bucks. Down front are a couple of mystery tikis. A couple of little ceramic blueish tiki guys that look kinda like bookends but are too small and light. The little blue one in the back is pretty dinged up. 5 bucks at Goodwill. To the right is a brand new tiki man. Got it at the Aloha Swap Meet for only six dollahs. Couldn't pass it up. Next to him is an Aztec/Olmec/Mayan type decanter with five shot glasses that came from the Kailua Salvation Army for 3 bucks (I think). Sorry for the non-tiki!

My pride and joy pick up is the tiki lamp in the back behind the little blue guys. I see in the pic that you can't tell it's a lamp. The light socket/switch exits the center of the log just above where the pic cuts off. It appears to be pretty old and hand carved out of a single thick branch. It's awesome and was a real treat to find, especially after going to "Barney's" on Kapahulu where it would've been priced in the thousands. I found it at The Hunter in Kailua (freakin' awesome little antique store) and she only wanted $75. Mahalo!

A close up of that tiki I bought at the Aloha Festival. I obviously have a lot to learn about my new digital camera. :o

A close up of my prized tiki lamp. The cord and switch make me think it's fairly old.

A full frontal of same. I've gotta get an appropriately cool lamp shade for this guy.

I got tons of other great stuff but it's either new or non-tiki. Had a great, great time and me and my friend both plan on coming back soon. She got some cool stuff also but it was mostly non-tiki. Wish I knew of this site before going as we missed some cool things that I've since seen mentioned here. Did NOT go to "Tiki's" {sniff sniff} and really wish we did. :(

I'm gonna soon post some stuff I got antiquing yesterday here in Orlando; surprisingly it was a great tiki day. Not tonight tho...getting up really early tomorrow for the flea market...Columbus day and all.

Kono/Kevin

Post #54857 by Kono on Sun, Oct 12, 2003 8:31 PM