Counterfeit Don the Beachcomber Tiki Mugs? - Collecting Tiki

J Jamoorea Member Joined: Nov 01, 2014 Posts: 22	J Jamoorea Posted posted on Thu, Jul 2, 2015 1:47 PM On the "Wild" - Man! Isn't that the truth? I got lazy for a while and was only looking at Ebay. And as you say, I'd get slammed or I was bidding WAY too much for something in an effort to compete. And then I got back in to the wild and remembered how much fun that is. Often the best thing about this are the people you meet. Talking about where something came from, other stuff they've had or seen, etc. (adding this: Can I also say, when you buy in the wild, the transaction is between you and the seller only. No bank or corporation is sniping a piece of the action.) There was something I kept losing on Ebay… a photo folder from a Miami club I think. It kept going for over $300.00 bucks! Sheesh! Then I went to a antique paper show and there is was - for $8.00. You know, I totally agree about collecting ephemera. It's really satisfying to find things like the Kahiki bag - because you really might have the only one on earth that survived. I've built several portfolio style books of that kind of stuff and on top of the fact that they are so much easier to store and handle than mugs, flipping through a book like that is really satisfying. The things aren't just stuck in a box somewhere. Interesting point about the money made and spent on a mug over it's lifetime (before it's smashed to bits - Ha!). Who was talking about this? Maybe this is a Sven Kirsten story or could be from Duke Carter's Tiki Quest book - about how dealers were throwing tiki mugs away when they'd find one in a box of stuff they'd bought because they had no value. When I started thinking about this stuff, there were Hawaiiana and Polynesiana collectors and they were mainly focused on wiggling hula girl dolls, wall decorations, light fixtures, rattan furniture, etc. I'd see tiki mugs, but they didn't really start showing up in a big way until Sven's first book came out. I think because they were "free" (not really of course, the drink was twice as much to get one) it took them a long time to have any perceived value. I do have an old Hawaiiana book from the 70's where they include a section on Hawaiian restaurant mugs, so collectors were aware of them. [ Edited by: Jamoorea 2015-07-02 14:24 ] [ Edited by: Jamoorea 2015-07-02 14:26 ] [ Edited by: Jamoorea 2015-07-02 15:00 ]

On the "Wild" - Man! Isn't that the truth? I got lazy for a while and was only looking at Ebay. And as you say, I'd get slammed or I was bidding WAY too much for something in an effort to compete.

And then I got back in to the wild and remembered how much fun that is. Often the best thing about this are the people you meet. Talking about where something came from, other stuff they've had or seen, etc.
(adding this: Can I also say, when you buy in the wild, the transaction is between you and the seller only. No bank or corporation is sniping a piece of the action.)

There was something I kept losing on Ebay… a photo folder from a Miami club I think. It kept going for over $300.00 bucks! Sheesh!

Then I went to a antique paper show and there is was - for $8.00.

You know, I totally agree about collecting ephemera. It's really satisfying to find things like the Kahiki bag - because you really might have the only one on earth that survived. I've built several portfolio style books of that kind of stuff and on top of the fact that they are so much easier to store and handle than mugs, flipping through a book like that is really satisfying. The things aren't just stuck in a box somewhere.

Interesting point about the money made and spent on a mug over it's lifetime (before it's smashed to bits - Ha!). Who was talking about this? Maybe this is a Sven Kirsten story or could be from Duke Carter's Tiki Quest book - about how dealers were throwing tiki mugs away when they'd find one in a box of stuff they'd bought because they had no value. When I started thinking about this stuff, there were Hawaiiana and Polynesiana collectors and they were mainly focused on wiggling hula girl dolls, wall decorations, light fixtures, rattan furniture, etc. I'd see tiki mugs, but they didn't really start showing up in a big way until Sven's first book came out. I think because they were "free" (not really of course, the drink was twice as much to get one) it took them a long time to have any perceived value. I do have an old Hawaiiana book from the 70's where they include a section on Hawaiian restaurant mugs, so collectors were aware of them.

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Post #746075 by Jamoorea on Thu, Jul 2, 2015 1:47 PM