Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Sat, Jan 3, 2004 8:34 PM Here's some stuff I've gotten recently. I haven't been hitting the stores as much as I've been getting more stuff off of ebay. But these are local found in the wild items. About a month ago I got this roadworn and weary August Holland at a local Goodwill. I'm gonna have to touch up those scratches. The other piece I got today. He's tiki made of shells glued onto black velvet. He's fairly beat up as you can see, with some velvet missing off the bottom. Found him in a junk type antique store. The lady said he had a twin in much better shape which was purchased long ago. No one wanted the beat up bro so I adopted him. Good mana for me I hope. I'll have to try and patch him as best I can but it will never look great. Close up: I have no idea how I'm gonna display him or where he's gonna fit in but I couldn't pass him up. Some more recent finds. The tiki back left is a mystery. The mug is from the Mai Kai and has MAI KAI vertical down the back. The long wooden bowl is from Hawaii and the little tiki down front is from the Cook Islands. The whole lot weighs in at about $66 minus tax. The cheapest was the mystery tiki at $6 followed by the August Holland at $7 and the priciest was the Hawaiian carved bowl at $21.

Here's some stuff I've gotten recently. I haven't been hitting the stores as much as I've been getting more stuff off of ebay. But these are local found in the wild items.

About a month ago I got this roadworn and weary August Holland at a local Goodwill. I'm gonna have to touch up those scratches. The other piece I got today. He's tiki made of shells glued onto black velvet. He's fairly beat up as you can see, with some velvet missing off the bottom. Found him in a junk type antique store. The lady said he had a twin in much better shape which was purchased long ago. No one wanted the beat up bro so I adopted him. Good mana for me I hope. I'll have to try and patch him as best I can but it will never look great.

Close up:

I have no idea how I'm gonna display him or where he's gonna fit in but I couldn't pass him up.

Some more recent finds. The tiki back left is a mystery. The mug is from the Mai Kai and has MAI KAI vertical down the back. The long wooden bowl is from Hawaii and the little tiki down front is from the Cook Islands.

The whole lot weighs in at about $66 minus tax. The cheapest was the mystery tiki at $6 followed by the August Holland at $7 and the priciest was the Hawaiian carved bowl at $21.

Post #67546 by Kono on Sat, Jan 3, 2004 8:34 PM