Post #597822 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 11:08 PM

On 2011-07-15 16:08, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
The mother had a kiln and a huge variety of Duncan molds. The kiln had been sold, but I asked about the molds, ergo the greenware I purchased. The son was selling all of his mom and dad's stuff off. After digging around for awhile, he was unable to locate the molds, but is going to continue looking for me

The dad was stationed in the South Pacific during WWII, so that is where the club came from, according to the son and daugther in law, they mentioned New Calendonia, but I wasn't sure, so thanks for the confirmation!

All in all, the purchase was a whopping $17.00 (the club with the picture taped to it was $7.00). Not all of them are this low, but it evens out in the end!

PTD

Wow PTD, you are the king of field collecting! You make me feel like the old days of urban beachcombing are still here!
And just to clarify, in an earlier post somewhere I was referring to "collectors" meaning people that could collect whatever, buying any new mug however boring and un-original it is, and not really knowing or caring about the context and origin of Tiki culture. You, Sir, in contrast are a true urban archeologist!

What gets me sometimes is that folks sell their parents' keepsakes, like this club.
And what a coincidence that Blacklagoon had one of those Duncan stackers in his lot right after your find. I wish you good luck on those molds surfacing!