need history please - Collecting Tiki

MT Mai Tai Tiki Socialite Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 1438	MT Mai Tai Posted posted on Fri, Sep 30, 2011 1:14 AM On 2011-09-17 07:39, bigbrotiki wrote: But it does NOT look like an Asian import. So I would tend to corroborate the info that came form the warehouse. For sure he came from the warehouse. Kier Fullmer from the Trader Vic's Warehouse might know exactly where he came from, and when and where he was carved. Turns out that her uncle used to carve a lot of the tikis for Trader Vic's back in the '50's and '60's. The next time I talk to her, I'll ask her about your particular tiki, if you haven't found out anything by then. It would be interesting to see how far back this tiki dates, as they had a few of these really tall ones at the warehouse sale - laying side by side together on the ground because it was easier to store them that way - but the ones from that group weren't for sale, as they were destined for other restaurants, and they all looked pretty old.

On 2011-09-17 07:39, bigbrotiki wrote:
But it does NOT look like an Asian import. So I would tend to corroborate the info that came form the warehouse.

For sure he came from the warehouse. Kier Fullmer from the Trader Vic's Warehouse might know exactly where he came from, and when and where he was carved. Turns out that her uncle used to carve a lot of the tikis for Trader Vic's back in the '50's and '60's. The next time I talk to her, I'll ask her about your particular tiki, if you haven't found out anything by then. It would be interesting to see how far back this tiki dates, as they had a few of these really tall ones at the warehouse sale - laying side by side together on the ground because it was easier to store them that way - but the ones from that group weren't for sale, as they were destined for other restaurants, and they all looked pretty old.

Post #608536 by Mai Tai on Fri, Sep 30, 2011 1:14 AM