Post #776241 by Cavemoai on Wed, May 24, 2017 5:54 PM

I agree with Spike 100%. Most of my collection is vintage and even though I have been collecting for over 15 years I still get excited when I find a vintage mug I don't own.
One thing that always puzzled me was whether the new artist were ever into tiki themselves or if they just wanted to make money. My collection is probably 10% new, I probably bought the mugs just to support the artist at the time, I am not doing that much anymore. There are way too many events and occasions with tribute mugs. I notice the price of new mugs are much higher on ebay, some of these new mugs look amazing but there is no historical significance to them so therefore they don't interest me. I still enjoy being on TC and enjoy being a regular. Long live TC.

Put me down for one in this column as well. I find no joy in compulsively buying new mugs with no historical significance just for the sake of having them. I do own quite a few contemporary mugs, but the majority of them have been acquired from visits to the establishment from which they came or I found them at a thrift store/flea market/antique mall and the price was right.

I am guilty of buying multiple mugs from places I've been so I can sell them online and let the sucker shell out top dollar, but that is part of what pays for my visits to these tiki places. I bought 2 "Ports o' Call" editions of the Smuggler's Cove Kuhiko mug at the bar, and sold one on eBay for $175 to someone who lived less than 20 miles from Smuggler's Cove! I wouldn't pay that price, but I'm sure willing to take their money...