Post #644299 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 5:35 PM

Your schtick is gettin' mighty old, David. This has nothing to do with being cool. I am merely giving an honest appraisal from my point of view, which is informed by over 20 years of collecting and researching Witco and Tiki. And happily, I don't give a damn if any feathers are ruffled, and people think I am being elitist. I have published two books, many articles, and more photos on the subject than most anybody else, and I know what I am talking about. Everybody here is free to take it or leave it.

As original, vintage Tiki decor is becoming rarer and rarer, and harder to find, new-to-the-theme collectors are wanting to find stuff so badly that ANYTHING Witco or ANY piece of carved tourist wood is being considered Tiki art. Well it ain't, and I will continue to share my opinion about that, in the hope that Tiki style will remain as unique and rare as it appeared to me when I first came upon it.