Post #707332 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Feb 9, 2014 11:32 AM

This week's haul:

10" Maori tiki

Tagged CocoJoes poi pounding Menehune and a tagged Schirman:

I have a Polyart version of the Schirman piece, but never had the SchirmanSchirman version of it.

Trader Vic's S+P:

Trader Vic's Ashtray:

Framed piece of tapa from Fiji.

Frame sucks, but it's original to the piece. It has the store tag on it still

Albert's Tiki Village, Sacramento matchbook:

Craigslist find:
I saw an ad for a tiki/desk table a few weeks ago on local craigslist. From my early days on TC, I recognized the table as being carved by Tiki Diablo. They were asking way out of my budget for it, so I didn't call on it at that time. The ad disappeared after a week, and I wondered if anyone saw it and ever picked it up. On Friday morning, the ad reappeared with a much lower price that I could happily afford. So I grabbed it:

32 inches high, 3' wide by 5' long. They bought it 3-4 years ago at a consignment/antiques store in Orange County for $950. I kinda felt bad paying them only what I did for it, but they REALLY needed to get rid of to free up some space and were willing to part with for next to nothing. They tried to do research on it before they sold it, but came up blank because it was signed "Danny 'Chiki'." I told them all about my nice new table and the artist who carved it- AFTER I paid, loaded, and strapped the thing down in the back of my truck!

Searching tiki daily, I've averaged only one tiki purchase every three years on craigslist...
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2014-02-09 11:53 ]