Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

K Kenike Tiki Socialite McKinney, TX Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 1207	K Kenike Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 6:13 PM these soulless machine-sliced gnomes are not allowed to pass as Tikis with me! Well, Sven… First, let me just say that I value your opinions on all things tiki and treat them as The Gospel…my copy of BOT hasn’t had time to gather dust on the bookshelf and a day rarely goes by that I don’t have it out to look something up. The whole reason I became so fascinated with tiki was because of that book. I bow down to YOU and am honored that you took time to reply to one of my posts (grovel grovel grovel). BUT SERIOUSLY, I know those tiki’s are crap and I’m sure you understand the crap I’ve been through just to find this kind of crap. Finding ANYTHING tiki where I live is as rare as you could imagine. Still, I get some personal satisfaction bringing home my trophies after a successful hunt and proudly displaying them like shrunken heads. I do have some much nicer tiki’s, a few Coco Joes, etc. but most of those came from Ebay. I usually don’t post those as “tiki finds” because I didn’t really “find” them as much as I “won the auction.” But I really liked them and the price was right so I bought them. I seriously doubt I’d ever find anything similar floating around at a Goodwill store where I live…but I do keep looking. I’m sure that as my collection grows the crap will be weeded out and unloaded on someone else who’s dying to find something tiki. SO…I posted another pic of some recent EBAY finds. I think you’ll find these to be much nicer than the “"nameless pieces of hacked wood." I’d appreciate ANY feedback on these, even if you think they’re sh*t. AGAIN...my thanks :drink:

these soulless machine-sliced gnomes are not allowed to pass as Tikis with me!

Well, Sven…

First, let me just say that I value your opinions on all things tiki and treat them as The Gospel…my copy of BOT hasn’t had time to gather dust on the bookshelf and a day rarely goes by that I don’t have it out to look something up. The whole reason I became so fascinated with tiki was because of that book. I bow down to YOU and am honored that you took time to reply to one of my posts (grovel grovel grovel).

BUT SERIOUSLY, I know those tiki’s are crap and I’m sure you understand the crap I’ve been through just to find this kind of crap. Finding ANYTHING tiki where I live is as rare as you could imagine. Still, I get some personal satisfaction bringing home my trophies after a successful hunt and proudly displaying them like shrunken heads. I do have some much nicer tiki’s, a few Coco Joes, etc. but most of those came from Ebay. I usually don’t post those as “tiki finds” because I didn’t really “find” them as much as I “won the auction.” But I really liked them and the price was right so I bought them. I seriously doubt I’d ever find anything similar floating around at a Goodwill store where I live…but I do keep looking. I’m sure that as my collection grows the crap will be weeded out and unloaded on someone else who’s dying to find something tiki.

SO…I posted another pic of some recent EBAY finds. I think you’ll find these to be much nicer than the “"nameless pieces of hacked wood." I’d appreciate ANY feedback on these, even if you think they’re sh*t.

AGAIN...my thanks

:drink:

Post #71510 by Kenike on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 6:13 PM