Ladies and Gentlemen, a postcard has broken the 100.00 mark. - Collecting Tiki

STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Wed, Nov 26, 2003 4:28 PM Damn, BK. Why ya have to go and embarass me like that? Yeah, sure I like to brag when I find a bargain, but boy do I get quiet when I have to pay over a hundred for a little piece of cardboard. Seriously, though. I seldom fight that hard for a postcard - this is way out of my league, and the Wildwood, New Jersey collectors are even more fanatic than tiki collectors - but it was just about one of the most beautifully composed tiki images I've ever seen. The colors are perfect, as is the composition. Just look at those trees, the frong-end of that car, and the shadows of the sign on the ground. All just perfect. If I hadn't had such a successful few weeks selling on e-bay lately, I wouldn't have been able to afford it. BTW, the Tahiti Motel in Wildwood, NJ is still operating, according to its website and still has the same sign. Has anyone been there lately? I really get my kicks out of finding the bargains, though. I just picked up this lot of postcards for a song, because the seller had misspelled "Bali Hai". I've been outbid repeatedly on this postcard, as they usually go for over $30: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2204716337 That bargain kinda made up for the beating I took on that Tahiti postcard. Sabu [ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2003-11-26 16:30 ]

Damn, BK. Why ya have to go and embarass me like that? Yeah, sure I like to brag when I find a bargain, but boy do I get quiet when I have to pay over a hundred for a little piece of cardboard.

Seriously, though. I seldom fight that hard for a postcard - this is way out of my league, and the Wildwood, New Jersey collectors are even more fanatic than tiki collectors - but it was just about one of the most beautifully composed tiki images I've ever seen.

The colors are perfect, as is the composition. Just look at those trees, the frong-end of that car, and the shadows of the sign on the ground. All just perfect.

If I hadn't had such a successful few weeks selling on e-bay lately, I wouldn't have been able to afford it.

BTW, the Tahiti Motel in Wildwood, NJ is still operating, according to its website and still has the same sign. Has anyone been there lately?

I really get my kicks out of finding the bargains, though. I just picked up this lot of postcards for a song, because the seller had misspelled "Bali Hai". I've been outbid repeatedly on this postcard, as they usually go for over $30:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2204716337

That bargain kinda made up for the beating I took on that Tahiti postcard.

Sabu

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2003-11-26 16:30 ]

Post #62297 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Wed, Nov 26, 2003 4:28 PM