Post #61217 by Rattiki on Thu, Nov 20, 2003 6:04 PM

On 2003-11-20 09:45, Tiki_Bong wrote:
Rattiki,

The winners of that bid are my friends Don and Michelle. They own Aloha Spirit in San Clemente. Believe me, Don and Michelle are extremely knowledgeable about all things hawaiiana.

If you've ever seen any of Mark Blackburns books on hawaiiana, you've seen many of pieces of Don's collection. I have a number of extremely rare and one-only hawaiiana pieces, but Don's collection blows my mind.

In the next couple of weeks I'm going to post pictures of some hawaiiana categories in Madame Bong's collection. You're right, the prices can be unbelievable. I've seen Tepco leaf pattern water pitchers go for $1,600 plus, and those people knew they had a good deal.

I can tell you're no slouch when it comes to tiki and mugs, but this is just a different type of collection, and is very much a part of hawaiiana from decades ago.

If you have the money and/or you can recoop the cost by profiting from a book etc., more power to you! Don't get me wrong, I love this stuff, my question is if it is so sought after, then why isn't say, your friends that own Aloha Spirit, having them 'remade' to sell like Tiki Farm did the Trader Vic's Suffering Bastard etc.

On 2003-11-20 12:07, Unga Bunga wrote:
The magic word here is "vintage".
Personally speaking, I would not buy a remake of a Tiki Bob mug. It's all or nothing.

I am VERY happy there are remakes, true vintage is wonderful, if you can find and afford it, but I am almost as happy to have the remakes if I can't procure them otherwise. You also have to take into account that everything vintage PolyPop/Tiki (especially 30's-40's stuff) has gone through the roof in price the last few years. I also collect pre-Castro Cuban articles (maracas, clavas, drums, posters, maps, brochers, etc) and the prices on these things is strong, but not NEARLY as astronomical as things 'Tiki' from the same era.

[ Edited by: Rattiki on 2003-11-20 18:09 ]