eBay: Pufferfish Lamp (not my auction) - Collecting Tiki

DZ Doctor Z Tiki Socialite Jasper's Reef, Torrance, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2002 Posts: 1620	DZ Doctor Z Posted posted on Mon, Feb 16, 2004 8:26 PM On 2004-02-16 16:55, FrEaKyTiKiGuY wrote: here is a strange pufferfish lamp on eBay ...never seen one like this before. Supposed to be from a now defunct tiki bar. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3275012520&category=35803#ebayphotohosting It's not a pufferfish or a blowfish - it's a parrot fish (see the 'beak'?) I've got a 27" one that I picked up from a guy in Thailand and it looks great! It casts a much more even glow than a puffer, 'cause the surface is covered with little teeny needle-sharp spines, instead of the larger, more spread out spikes of a puffer. The one in the auction certainly looks like it's seen better days, however... The seller seems to be shipping it from Marina del Rey - maybe it came from the old Don the Beachcomber? Doctor Z Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge, Redondo Beach, CA [ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2004-02-16 20:28 ]

On 2004-02-16 16:55, FrEaKyTiKiGuY wrote:
here is a strange pufferfish lamp on eBay ...never seen one like this before. Supposed to be from a now defunct tiki bar.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3275012520&category=35803#ebayphotohosting

It's not a pufferfish or a blowfish - it's a parrot fish (see the 'beak'?) I've got a 27" one that I picked up from a guy in Thailand and it looks great! It casts a much more even glow than a puffer, 'cause the surface is covered with little teeny needle-sharp spines, instead of the larger, more spread out spikes of a puffer. The one in the auction certainly looks like it's seen better days, however...

The seller seems to be shipping it from Marina del Rey - maybe it came from the old Don the Beachcomber?

Doctor Z
Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge,
Redondo Beach, CA

[ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2004-02-16 20:28 ]

Post #76396 by Doctor Z on Mon, Feb 16, 2004 8:26 PM