Blue Hawaii 1961 Elvis Tiki mugs -- for sale, help me avoid eBay - Tiki Marketplace

V Van Member Joined: Jan 13, 2013 Posts: 1	V Van Posted posted on Sun, Jan 13, 2013 1:29 PM Hi everyone. My name is Van, and I apologize for coming here solely to sell something vs. participate in your community. I am a collector of many things, but sadly I am not a collector of tiki. However, I have five tiki mugs that belonged to my grandmother that I'd like to sell. She was born and raised in New Orleans, and attended the Elvis "Blue Hawaii" premiere in Louisiana in 1961 with family/friends and ended up with four of these mugs. It appears they're worth a bit of money, so I'd like to try to sell them to you--the collectors--in a way that would also benefit me. One just sold on eBay for $450, and one also didn't sell for $450. I've seen them go for over $700. I have an eBay account and good standing there (username van-fanel), but I really hate dealing with eBay and all the fees and things associated with it, so I figure if I could sell via here and avoid eBay it'd be a lot better. Would anyone here be interested in one for $400? One of the mugs also unfortunately is badly damaged, as seen in the picture below. I don't even have the missing piece to partially fix it. I have no idea how much that damage devalues it. It still displays nicely, especially from an upper shelf, so maybe $300? I'm not trying to gouge you guys, so I'd also like to not be low-balled. I'd like to have the money and I'd like to help a collector avoid having to snipe on eBay, but I'm not desperate for money either. These have been in my family for 50+ years, so there's no rush. (As an aside, right now this is the only place I'm offering them.) She also had this a smaller tiki mug from, I believe, the 1970s, also Louisana. (See pictures below.) I run a shop on Etsy.com where I sell magnets I create, but I'd be happy to list the mugs there for added protection if anyone would prefer that, since I realize I am a stranger to everyone here and this would be significant money changing hands. My Etsy shop My eBay account I can take more pictures / individual pictures of each mug if people are interested. I am also hopefully not breaking any rules. I tried to read the rules page linked during the creation of this post, but I got a "Not Found The requested URL /tikicentral/tikicentral/rules.htm was not found on this server" error message. Pictures: (damaged one. :( ) The other smaller mug I have It has a faded sticker on bottom that says "Made in Japan" Thanks for reading. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions, or to let me know if I've broken any rules and need to update or delete my post. :) -Van EDIT: I have since sold all of these mugs, including the damaged one. Thank you for your interest!! [ Edited by: Van 2013-01-13 13:48 ] [ Edited by: Van 2018-07-15 05:53 ]

Hi everyone. My name is Van, and I apologize for coming here solely to sell something vs. participate in your community. I am a collector of many things, but sadly I am not a collector of tiki.

However, I have five tiki mugs that belonged to my grandmother that I'd like to sell. She was born and raised in New Orleans, and attended the Elvis "Blue Hawaii" premiere in Louisiana in 1961 with family/friends and ended up with four of these mugs. It appears they're worth a bit of money, so I'd like to try to sell them to you--the collectors--in a way that would also benefit me. One just sold on eBay for $450, and one also didn't sell for $450. I've seen them go for over $700. I have an eBay account and good standing there (username van-fanel), but I really hate dealing with eBay and all the fees and things associated with it, so I figure if I could sell via here and avoid eBay it'd be a lot better.

Would anyone here be interested in one for $400?

One of the mugs also unfortunately is badly damaged, as seen in the picture below. I don't even have the missing piece to partially fix it. I have no idea how much that damage devalues it. It still displays nicely, especially from an upper shelf, so maybe $300?

I'm not trying to gouge you guys, so I'd also like to not be low-balled. I'd like to have the money and I'd like to help a collector avoid having to snipe on eBay, but I'm not desperate for money either. These have been in my family for 50+ years, so there's no rush. (As an aside, right now this is the only place I'm offering them.)

She also had this a smaller tiki mug from, I believe, the 1970s, also Louisana. (See pictures below.)

I run a shop on Etsy.com where I sell magnets I create, but I'd be happy to list the mugs there for added protection if anyone would prefer that, since I realize I am a stranger to everyone here and this would be significant money changing hands.

My Etsy shop
My eBay account

I can take more pictures / individual pictures of each mug if people are interested. I am also hopefully not breaking any rules. I tried to read the rules page linked during the creation of this post, but I got a "Not Found The requested URL /tikicentral/tikicentral/rules.htm was not found on this server" error message.

Pictures:

(damaged one. :( )

The other smaller mug I have

It has a faded sticker on bottom that says "Made in Japan"

Thanks for reading. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions, or to let me know if I've broken any rules and need to update or delete my post. :)

-Van

EDIT: I have since sold all of these mugs, including the damaged one. Thank you for your interest!!

[ Edited by: Van 2013-01-13 13:48 ]

[ Edited by: Van 2018-07-15 05:53 ]

Post #663935 by Van on Sun, Jan 13, 2013 1:29 PM