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

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 2:18 PM Cool! These Tikis were tourist carvings from Tahiti - here is one at the Trader Vic's store in the original Oakland location: ...and here's the "Everything you ever needed to know about the Tahitian Cannibal Carvings and didn't know how to ask" thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=33940&forum=5&start=0 The very first set posted there by Tiki Kate are the best examples I know of. When she died of cancer, she bequeathed them to Martin Cate's Smuggler's Cove, where they stand guard to this day.

Cool! These Tikis were tourist carvings from Tahiti - here is one at the Trader Vic's store in the original Oakland location:

...and here's the "Everything you ever needed to know about the Tahitian Cannibal Carvings and didn't know how to ask" thread:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=33940&forum=5&start=0

The very first set posted there by Tiki Kate are the best examples I know of. When she died of cancer, she bequeathed them to Martin Cate's Smuggler's Cove, where they stand guard to this day.

Post #696222 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 2:18 PM