Don the Beachcomber, Marina Del Rey auction material - Collecting Tiki

T tigertail Member Joined: Jun 21, 2013 Posts: 77	T tigertail Posted posted on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 10:34 AM I feel like a cicada that has come up out of the ground after seventeen years, at least on the Tiki front! Here is the story. When Don the Beachcomber in Marina Del Rey went out of business my friend Chris Byk and got in my flat bed truck, filled our wallets with cash and headed out. I got a lot of stuff, including sixteen large custom made glass 'net floats', framed black white photos, ephemera and newspaper clippings. But the most outstanding acquisition was thirteen carved posts made (I believe) by Oceanic Arts. The pieces are 10' high, 14 1/2" wide and 3" thick out of solid mahogany. Each one is a unique design. Here are the photos... [ Edited by: Bora Boris - Fixed image links. - 2013-07-23 14:07 ]

I feel like a cicada that has come up out of the ground after seventeen years, at least on the Tiki front! Here is the story. When Don the Beachcomber in Marina Del Rey went out of business my friend Chris Byk and got in my flat bed truck, filled our wallets with cash and headed out. I got a lot of stuff, including sixteen large custom made glass 'net floats', framed black white photos, ephemera and newspaper clippings. But the most outstanding acquisition was thirteen carved posts made (I believe) by Oceanic Arts. The pieces are 10' high,
14 1/2" wide and 3" thick out of solid mahogany. Each one is a unique design. Here are the photos...

[ Edited by: Bora Boris - Fixed image links. - 2013-07-23 14:07 ]

Post #687023 by tigertail on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 10:34 AM