Counterfeit Don the Beachcomber Tiki Mugs? - Collecting Tiki

J Jamoorea Member Joined: Nov 01, 2014 Posts: 22	J Jamoorea Posted posted on Wed, Jul 8, 2015 4:23 PM Man! Even I'm shocked and pissed off by this one - and I don't even like these mugs. (Ok, after all this talk about them, maybe I'm beginning to like them a little). No offense meant to the seller, but come on! Think it through a little. When shippers move packages, they throw them into the truck or plane as fast as they can and whatever ends up on the bottom, so be it. I was buying old posters for a while, until every tube I was getting was crushed. Somethings just aren't safely shippable. Really sorry to see this Bumboo. If you're interested, this place has tools, supplies and kits for repairing and restoring ceramics: http://www.lakesidepottery.com/Pages/where-to-purchase-ceramic-restoration-supplies.html These mugs have so much value, they might be worth the effort - and so much of this stuff comes chipped anymore, it's nice to have the skills to restore some pieces. Konakaibaby, I think you're right but it's not just Vermont. It's never been easy to find this stuff. I know some areas seem more fertile than others. It's amazing though, things I've bought on Ebay, come from amazingly unlikely places around the country sometimes. But people travel and keep souvenirs, so you never know. And to Tikiskip's comment about care taking things for the next tiki collectors. There's a quote or saying about collecting that essentially says - we never really own anything, we just take responsibility for it for a while to try, as best we can, to get it safely to the next generation.

Man! Even I'm shocked and pissed off by this one - and I don't even like these mugs. (Ok, after all this talk about them, maybe I'm beginning to like them a little). No offense meant to the seller, but come on! Think it through a little. When shippers move packages, they throw them into the truck or plane as fast as they can and whatever ends up on the bottom, so be it. I was buying old posters for a while, until every tube I was getting was crushed. Somethings just aren't safely shippable.

Really sorry to see this Bumboo. If you're interested, this place has tools, supplies and kits for repairing and restoring ceramics:
http://www.lakesidepottery.com/Pages/where-to-purchase-ceramic-restoration-supplies.html
These mugs have so much value, they might be worth the effort - and so much of this stuff comes chipped anymore, it's nice to have the skills to restore some pieces.

Konakaibaby, I think you're right but it's not just Vermont. It's never been easy to find this stuff. I know some areas seem more fertile than others. It's amazing though, things I've bought on Ebay, come from amazingly unlikely places around the country sometimes. But people travel and keep souvenirs, so you never know.

And to Tikiskip's comment about care taking things for the next tiki collectors. There's a quote or saying about collecting that essentially says - we never really own anything, we just take responsibility for it for a while to try, as best we can, to get it safely to the next generation.

Post #746565 by Jamoorea on Wed, Jul 8, 2015 4:23 PM