When did houses start to go Tiki? How common were they? - General Tiki

S seamus Member Portland Joined: May 07, 2003 Posts: 462	S seamus Posted posted on Thu, Nov 20, 2003 11:17 AM A couple years ago we went upriver a few miles to an estate sale. The house was a really cool riverfront octagon shaped Polynesian bungalow. I was certain I was gonna find some huge Tiki scores inside. The house was very simple on the inside. Open beamed ceilings all pointing towards the peak in the center, lot's of cedar and natural wood, and still very '70's in colors carpet and furniture. An obvious retirement home for some polynesian lovers. Mrs. Seamus and I did our usual routine of splitting up and scouring the place top to bottom. I found nothing. When I located the Wahine to say let's move on to next one, she showed me her boxes she'd set aside. Included in her finds was a really cool Treasurecraft figure of a Hawaiian Drummer, A small Trader Vic's drink booklet and 11, yes folks, eleven Trader Vic's gold stemmed Tiki Martini glasses! The very ones TBOT refers to as The Holy Grail of the Tiki collector. What a house that was! And what a gal I have! She's always had the better eye for hunting Tiki.

A couple years ago we went upriver a few miles to an estate sale. The house was a really cool riverfront octagon shaped Polynesian bungalow. I was certain I was gonna find some huge Tiki scores inside. The house was very simple on the inside. Open beamed ceilings all pointing towards the peak in the center, lot's of cedar and natural wood, and still very '70's in colors carpet and furniture. An obvious retirement home for some polynesian lovers.
Mrs. Seamus and I did our usual routine of splitting up and scouring the place top to bottom. I found nothing. When I located the Wahine to say let's move on to next one, she showed me her boxes she'd set aside. Included in her finds was a really cool Treasurecraft figure of a Hawaiian Drummer,
A small Trader Vic's drink booklet and 11, yes folks, eleven Trader Vic's gold stemmed Tiki Martini glasses! The very ones TBOT refers to as The Holy Grail of the Tiki collector. What a house that was! And what a gal I have! She's always had the better eye for hunting Tiki.

Post #61071 by seamus on Thu, Nov 20, 2003 11:17 AM