Documenting Our Collections - Thoughts? Ideas? Comments? - Collecting Tiki

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2465	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 3:54 PM Great topic Liz. My collection has a dual purpose. The collection as a whole tells the history of the places that were around back in the days of Tiki's heyday and the mugs, menus and items that came from them. On the other hand I can tell stories of where my wife and I found every piece in the collection and the adventures of the hunt and the excitement of unexpected finds. I've spent hours telling people who visit for cocktails all the histories and stories and they seem to enjoy it. As for documenting the collection I don't have anything written down yet but plan on it. One thought I had was to put an index card in each mug with it's history and price I paid for it. If anything it would help my daughter price them for a garage sale after I kick the bucket.

Great topic Liz. My collection has a dual purpose. The collection as a whole tells the history of the places that were around back in the days of Tiki's heyday and the mugs, menus and items that came from them. On the other hand I can tell stories of where my wife and I found every piece in the collection and the adventures of the hunt and the excitement of unexpected finds. I've spent hours telling people who visit for cocktails all the histories and stories and they seem to enjoy it. As for documenting the collection I don't have anything written down yet but plan on it. One thought I had was to put an index card in each mug with it's history and price I paid for it. If anything it would help my daughter price them for a garage sale after I kick the bucket.

Post #714928 by uncle trav on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 3:54 PM