Post #676771 by Joshua Bell on Sun, May 5, 2013 8:46 PM

I'm mostly a lurker here, and I'm not a rabid collector; some Enchanted Tiki Room and Trader Sam's stuff, some Trader Vic's, a Tiki Bob. But I've mentioned to my garage sailing friends to keep an eye out. Yesterday, while we were out of town, my phone buzzed with this picture via SMS:

Text: "Saw some tiki mugs at a garage sale. Maybe 30. Interested? What's your max price?"
Me: (checking out the photo, noticing a few familiar faces from lurking here.) "Um... $XX" (where XX is a two digit number)
Text: "Got 'em for $YY" (where YY is less than XX)
Me: \o/

Was able to unpack them today:

My friend who spotted the mugs is a rabid organizer - her online handle is "Librarian Avenger". So I pointed her at Ooga-Mooga and she spent the next hour identifying them. I think Humuhumu has a new fan.

Tiki Bob's Peanut Lined Face OMC Mug x2
Paul Marshall Products Peanut Tiki Mug x2
Magic Sands Bug Eyed Moai Bristol Green x2
Chan's Waikiki Flipper Tiki Mug Green x2
Daga Eyeless Ku Mug
Harvey's Lake Tahoe Sneaky Tiki Green Script x2
Orchids of Hawaii R-91 x2
Maui Lu Daga Warrior Mug x3
Trader Dick's OMC Moai Medium x2
Bosko Tiki Mug #2
Harvey's Lake Tahoe Bucket Mug
Bill Lee's Bamboo Chopsticks Logo Three Face Bucket Mug x2
Islander Maori Face Bucket Green
Maui Lu Luau Coconut Mug
(and 2 green bamboo S&P shakers)

Unidentified: the green Bosko on the far right, and the beige pair on the left in front of the "peanut" gang.

So, yes, instant mug collection. My friend is dutifully enthankened.

[ Edited by: Joshua Bell 2013-05-05 20:47 ]

[ Edited by: Joshua Bell 2013-05-05 20:49 ]