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Need Help - August Holland Print

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Cool Manchu posted on 04/18/2004

Hello Everyone,

I found the print below today at the Flea Market.

Its an August Holland as you can see. Its a print and not the original, but it appears to be on heavy cardboard that has indentations to emulate brush strokes.

Does anyone konw what series this is from?

Does anyone know how old this is?

Does anyone know what the print is called?

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

[ Edited by: Cool Manchu on 2004-04-18 13:04 ]

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DawnTiki posted on 04/18/2004

Here is an interesting past thread about the August Holland prints. According to the posts it's called Treasure Within.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic-new.php?topic=7157&forum=5

[ Edited by: DawnTiki on 2004-04-18 13:34 ]

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Cool Manchu posted on 04/18/2004

Thank you DawnTiki....

I had read on Holland's site that these actually might be Mayan prints and not tiki at all.

I think it still looks tiki to me...but I haven't seen the other two yet.

Yet another thing to seek....:)

Aloha!

K
Kono posted on 04/18/2004

You are a very very lucky person. Not too many of that print floating around. Great find!

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DawnTiki posted on 04/18/2004

Cool Manchu wrote

these actually might be Mayan prints and not tiki at all

Hmmm?!? I don't get a Mayan vibe from these A-tall.

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DawnTiki posted on 04/18/2004

Oh! And a super find by the way! :D

CM
Cool Manchu posted on 04/18/2004

So, it was worth the 25 bucks I spent then?

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Kono posted on 04/18/2004

On 2004-04-18 15:52, Cool Manchu wrote:
So, it was worth the 25 bucks I spent then?

You could probably make quadruple your investment on ebay, if not more. I've never seen that print on ebay myself. "Pearl of Wisdom" shows up every now and again but not that one.

CM
Cool Manchu posted on 04/18/2004

Thanks for making my day DT and Kono! :D

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Phillip Roberts posted on 04/19/2004

aloha,

On 2004-04-18 14:08, Cool Manchu wrote:
I had read on Holland's site that these actually might be Mayan prints and not tiki at all.

[ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-12 12:55 ]

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Kono posted on 04/19/2004

On 2004-04-18 16:52, Cool Manchu wrote:
Thanks for making my day DT and Kono! :D

Anything for a Supersuckers fan. :)

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DawnTiki posted on 04/19/2004

I got this off of a Bio page for Mr. Holland

"The most popular of his prints was titled "The Pearl of Wisdom" printed by Goes Lithographing. It featured a Mayan god holding a bowl of light. It appeared in furniture stores across the country and the S&H and Gold Bond stamp catalogs which were popular at the time".

:tiki: Not that I'm an expert on Maori or Mayan cultures but I think someone was confused when they wrote that text, because I'm seeing this print as Maori too.

[ Edited by: DawnTiki on 2004-04-18 22:04 ]

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johntiki posted on 04/19/2004

Here's an August Holland question...does anyone have a copy of Pearl of Wisdom they would like to sell or trade for?

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Cool Manchu posted on 04/19/2004

I would love to see what the Pearl of Wisdom looks like.

Does anyone have a picture to share?

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DawnTiki posted on 04/19/2004

I found this in TC's search, I think it's from one of Alnshely's posts.

CM
Cool Manchu posted on 04/20/2004

Thank you DawnTiki. :D

TW
Trader Woody posted on 04/21/2004

On 2004-04-18 21:50, DawnTiki wrote:
:tiki: Not that I'm an expert on Maori or Mayan cultures but I think someone was confused when they wrote that text, because I'm seeing this print as Maori too.

It's a common enough mistake. I get the feeling that when people find an object that looks neither Oriental nor African, they often plump for South American of some type. No doubt there are some great Tiki bargains to be had in the Aztec section of eBay!

Trader Woody

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Cool Manchu posted on 04/21/2004

So does anyone know how old these prints are?

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Turbogod posted on 04/22/2004

Pearl of Wisdom for auction on ebay!

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bongofury posted on 04/23/2004
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bongofury posted on 04/23/2004

I believe you can see a breif glimpse of the BOL print in the movie "Prey For Rock N Roll".

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johntiki posted on 04/30/2004

Here's another one up for grabs - only a few hours left!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20149&item=3720044026&rd=1

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the75stingray posted on 03/24/2005

Ah, bless the man who invented the 'search' button!

Okay...does anyone remember how much these Pearl prints went for on Ebay?

I recently found one at an antique store and passed on it twice with the $45 ticket on it. And, to me, it was not in the best shape, but a nice print, none the less.

I'm curious if anyone remembers how much some of these had gone for in auctions.

Thanks!

K
Kalikiana posted on 03/24/2005

I got my Pearl of Wisdom on ebay for about 75.00 a year ago and it is in excellent shape. I'm always keeping an eye out for the Treasure Within, but haven't seen one on ebay at least in the last year.
Cheers, K

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congatiki posted on 03/24/2005

I have this as a large poster...I believe
the title is "The Power Within"..but I am
not positive. The poster does not have
the similated brush strokes like pearl of
Wisdom. In fact I have a spare poster
of "The Power Within" that I would swap if
anyone has a copy of his "drums" print/
poster. August Holland is also famous
for maritime and coastal paintings...and
also used a pseudonym for some arabian
nights paintings...very cool stuff.

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johntiki posted on 03/24/2005

75 - $45.00 is a decent enough deal on "Pearl of Wisdom." I bought mine on Ebay and with shipping and all it came to $90.00. The auction I posted the link for back in '04 ended up selling for nearly $200!

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kctiki posted on 03/27/2005

Congatiki, what was the pseudonym August Holland used for the Arabian Nights paintings? Or the names of the paintings, do you know? I would love to see them.

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congatiki posted on 03/28/2005

He used the name Sasha Kamouran for a print
called "Arabian Nights." It is a stilllife
with "a magic lamp...sword...some jemstones and a candleholder" in the foreground...with
a desert scene (with a camel train) in the
background. It was confirmed to me by his
wife that he did use this pseudonym for
several paintings...He also has one that
shows an oriental fan dancer...and has the
general look of "Pearl of Wisdom"...blue
background with the dancer holding red
fans..very nice.

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the75stingray posted on 04/01/2005

Johntiki, thanks bro. I made an offer earlier this week but havent heard back from the vendor yet.
I may just go ahead and pay the $45 now that I have some advice.

The piece I'm looking at has one small nick in the middle...like something got rubbed and dropped against it. Still, it's small and pretty un-noticable.

Thanks again! I appreciate the reply and advice. With any luck, it'll still be there tomorrow!

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