Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Wed, Mar 10, 2004 12:46 AM It was a good weekend. I picked up these two Tihati's mugs, the Lu'au Kauai resort glass and the Trader Dick's outrigger bowl very cheaply at various thrift stores. The tall yellow tiki is a German Stuwa candle that was on clearance at a Hallmark shop. The OoH Lono mug was a bit pricier at $5 at a flea market that seemed to specialize in used McDonalds toys and freight-damaged canned food. Then things took an expensive turn. I got these six objects for $92 at an antique store. The dealer had $25 on each of them; apparently that was his price for most things tiki, including the very common OoH R-91 I left behind. At a final average of $15.33 each, I probably overpaid for a couple of them, but I think I did OK on the Suffering Bastard Mai Tai Rum bottle. I was just thinking the other day as I bought my TJ Maxx SB that I might never find a real one. The SB and the Strikow-inspired mug discussed elsewhere. The SB and the Otagiri Trader Dick's (Sparks, Nevada) and black OMC moai. I've loved Easter Island since I was a kid but this was the first time I've ever run across a moai mug off the net. Had I known such things existed when I was in college I'd have been ecstatic. I admired the Coco Joe's boat when I saw one in the Coco Joe's vs HIP thread. Now our travel mascot has a ship to call his own. I also picked up the Witco cat discussed elsewhere. Seven tikis, a boat and a pussy...not a bad weekend.

It was a good weekend. I picked up these two Tihati's mugs, the Lu'au Kauai resort glass and the Trader Dick's outrigger bowl very cheaply at various thrift stores. The tall yellow tiki is a German Stuwa candle that was on clearance at a Hallmark shop. The OoH Lono mug was a bit pricier at $5 at a flea market that seemed to specialize in used McDonalds toys and freight-damaged canned food.

Then things took an expensive turn. I got these six objects for $92 at an antique store. The dealer had $25 on each of them; apparently that was his price for most things tiki, including the very common OoH R-91 I left behind. At a final average of $15.33 each, I probably overpaid for a couple of them, but I think I did OK on the Suffering Bastard Mai Tai Rum bottle. I was just thinking the other day as I bought my TJ Maxx SB that I might never find a real one.

The SB and the Strikow-inspired mug discussed elsewhere.

The SB and the Otagiri

Trader Dick's (Sparks, Nevada) and black OMC moai. I've loved Easter Island since I was a kid but this was the first time I've ever run across a moai mug off the net. Had I known such things existed when I was in college I'd have been ecstatic.

I admired the Coco Joe's boat when I saw one in the Coco Joe's vs HIP thread. Now our travel mascot has a ship to call his own.

I also picked up the Witco cat discussed elsewhere. Seven tikis, a boat and a pussy...not a bad weekend.

Post #80188 by tikijackalope on Wed, Mar 10, 2004 12:46 AM