Post #674325 by spy-tiki on Sun, Apr 14, 2013 1:20 AM

O.K. I went. This is the picture in the add that caught my eye -

Went in the house... sad and messy... someone wasn't keeping tabs on their aging parents... went to the room that had the tiki stuff and found only an empty (clean) space on the wall where this had been. Hopefully it went to a T.C. person. There was some rattan furniture. One interesting housing for an old T.V., but the rest was not too exciting or in very good shape. Nothing else in the house piqued my interest so exited through the back...

Wish I'd brought a camera! The back had someone's tiki paradise in ruins. The garage/rec room/dark room was surrounded by a mote, now dry and forgotten, with two bridges, both leading to the dark and filthy interior. One of the doors had a large A-frame entry with a fixture that might have had a lighted float. Inside was a large bamboo bar with a palapa shade and a nicely painted tropical diorama on the wall. Also a small window to pass drinks through to the darkroom! All in disrepair and obviously forgotten for years. This as well as boxes and household goods scattered everywhere made it a very sad sight. In a trash heap was the remnants of an expanding rattan dining table left to the elements for years and beyond rescue. This backyard paradise had clearly been the place to be and quite a treasure years ago, but now forgotten to the ravages of time.

This was the second day of the estate sale so I imagine many of the treasures were plucked up on Friday. It's hard to imagine there weren't other poly-pop treasures in and around the property. Hopefully it was a T.C. member who will share pics of their trophies with us. If anyone is in the area it would be simple to get a picture over the wall of the A-frame and mote. Perhaps even hop the wall and get a shot if the interior.