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There was a lot of crap I passed on this week, but these two definitely made the final cut:
Ooga Mooga calls it the Club wielding tiki mug, same design as the Luau Club Wielding Tiki from florida:
Neat thing about it is the inscription: Students for Kennedy San Diego 68
It was for Robert Kennedy's presidential run. Couldn't find anything about the San Diego branch of this student org, but found a little on the San Francisco one in 68. Neat political crossover piece.
Second item was this large plaster tiki:
It had the original Seaworld price tag on it and the mark Dotieba 874
In the moment, out there in the field, I'd remembered that Randotti was a combo of the Husband and wife's names, so the Dotie prefix part and the three numbers made me inclined to think it was a Randotti piece. The Seaworld tag was another indication, because I heard they sold stuff there as well. I took a chance and grabbed it without being totally sure of what it was, just because of the Seaworld provenence( And, for what it could be, the price was more than reasonable.) I came home and checked on trusty TC,and sure enough, it was a Randotti piece. And, apparently, it was designed by bamboo Ben's grandma...
My hunting sidebar story for this one: Old lava looking tiki, Seaworld, Randotti with the yet to be discovered hedley connection-was all swimming through my mind as the seller was getting me my change. Another shopper there looked at me and started laughing. He asked me why I bought it, and I told him I thought it was neat. He then asked if it came from Hawaii, and I said no, Seaworld(which is in eyesite of where we were). He burst into hysterical laughter again and asked me if I liked Seaworld or something? I told him no again, and said I just liked it. He once again bent over in hysterical laughter at my response. He then told me that the fact that I just walked up, bought it, and didn't argue about the price was the funniest thing he had ever witnessed. Glad I made his swapmeet day that much more fulfilling. Mine sure was!
Buzzy Out!
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