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I couldn't resist this item at a recent flea market - Annette Funicello in Hawaii cut-out dolls, mint condition, circa 1961

And a few closeups of the more tiki-ish outfits.

Vern
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DawnTiki wrote:
... I love all of the United Airlines tiki promotional goodies....

Just thought that I would mention that one of the UA plastic relief
map things with the tiki-style frame was just up on eBay and was
going for $780 the last time I looked at it. I think it ended. Not
sure how much it went for.
CM

Actually it sold for on 10 bucks more than when you last saw it. So the final price was $790.
OL


Ceramic figurines, 15 inches tall. Similar to Treasure Craft, but I think it's a different manufacturer. I've never seen that green paint on a treasure craft item. No maker's mark.


Sepia-tone postcard of King Kamehameha holding an umbrella. Must have been the rainy season.
D

all right! scored again at an estate sale. set of 6, half off the marked price! OMG stickers intact!

generally i dont get too excited about Trader Vics coconuts, but this one was a buck, and the markings are super clear.
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Damn Dogbytes, You're kicking ass at those sales! You must have ESP(Estate Sale Perception). If you ever get stumble upon any dupes don't forget about the Hodaddy!
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teaKEY posted on Tue, Apr 4, 2006 8:40 AM

Long time watcher, first time responder. I just found a couple of mugs here in Michigan. Actually, I'm not doing too bad here now. I found a couple good mug with the stickers still on the bottom of some. PMPs, a pineapple from orchids thats crisper and deeper in color than my other?, a tiki, and my best find ever, a black fertility mug from Mexico. So happy. Just a couple of bucks for each.
T

I found a few new things over the past week, the skull could be Tepco. Not sure about the carved guy on the left or the mask but I thought they were both pretty nice. The little cup is marked Kava cup on the bottom.

Close up of the shirt fabric. Not vintage but bright & tiki
PR

On 2006-04-02 14:53, ookoo lady wrote:

Sepia-tone postcard of King Kamehameha holding an umbrella. Must have been the rainy season.

[ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-16 14:02 ]
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On 2006-03-30 19:29, ikitnrev wrote:
I couldn't resist this item at a recent flea market - Annette Funicello in Hawaii cut-out dolls, mint condition, circa 1961


Vern
Aah, Vern, you've solved a mystery for me!!
I had the folder of that, but all the pieces were missing (save the nifty cabana set-up inside).

I don't know if I've been longing more for the paper dresses or for having the dresses I imagined them to be in my dreams - in my closet!!

They are FABULOUS!!!!
F the Envious (of you but more of Annette 'cause she gets to wear them all)
D

i've been having good Tiki Karma at estate sales. found this Four Seas Seattle mug today.
K
Kono posted on Fri, Apr 7, 2006 6:01 PM

Found these locally this past week:

Two moai S&Ps from Johnny Yee's Cape Cod Mass.

An interesting Marquesan carving:
K

Alright Kono....I'll trade you for the carving :)

Karbora
SF

Found this dude at a Canadian decorating store called "Home Outfitters". Only twenty of our technicolour bucks and he was mine.

He's made of resin.

[ Edited by: Slacks Ferret 2006-04-28 17:16 ]
SDT

Thanks for the hot tip, Slacks. I'm all over this one like stink on a... um... stinky thing (how does that saying go?)
J

Hello all...
Been a while, so I thought I would show a few of the things I have found in the past few months (5 or so).

Scored a nice old palm tiki that I had dibs on for over a year. Close to 3 feet high. After fumigation, it will be an indoor tiki...


A friend was going through her late grandmother's closet and came across these 2 Maori candles from the 60s or 70s. The wooden Moai was from an antique show - nice and stylized.


Lidded Pineapple from the Royal Hawaiian in Burlington, Mass.


Pink seahorse (not Trader Vic's, but still pretty cool)


Bug-eye from the Castaway, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio...


2 very cool wooden moai, could be bookends, but they don't match...


This is a balsa wood tiki, that says "Pop Chiavario's God" written on his forehead. The back has lots of pencil writing, looks like autographs and writings from people that went on a cruise with Pop. Dated 1961.

More to come!
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jonpez! I have the matching black wood moai! I found it at a flea market last year, it's in the same condition.

I found a 'coral'(resin) head, she has the cutest expression, all puckered up and ready for a kiss!
SDT

Looks like a Frank Schirman, Wahine, like mine in this picture on the left:
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VLV mugs:
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I just received this pretty nice resin tiki for Easter today! My mom said she found it at the Christmas Tree shop, not bad!
H

Pocky you are getting warm!
P

hehe thanks
P

Cut that bad boy open and see what he et!
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Dunno if this is appropriate here, but I was hangin at a friends tree house in Volcano, on the Big Island, last December when I went down to the ground and out in the 'jungle' to take a leak.

I found a large, half carved log standing back in the foliage, with a Sven Tiki mug upright on it, replete with headband! I should have taken a picture of that.

I asked the guy how that got there and he had no recolletion of it (heh heh! - must be a good cocktail!), so I snagged it for my collection.

Sven should be proud! That mug survived a very long journey and it's got a cushy indoor location now!

[ Edited by: tikigap 2006-04-18 18:39 ]
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wow......that's an awesome find!
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Strictly speaking not quite Tiki but that is a separate mini fez on Mr. Moai it's about 2 inches high and made of ceramic.
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On 2006-04-16 18:39, tikigap wrote:
Dunno if this is appropriate here, but I was hangin at a friends tree house in Volcano, on the Big Island, last December when I went down to the ground and out in the 'jungle' to take a leak.

I found a large, half carved log standing back in the foliage, with a Sven Tiki mug upright on it, replete with headband! I should have taken a picture of that.

I asked the guy how that got there and he had no recolletion of it (heh heh! - must be a good cocktail!), so I snagged it for my collection.

Sven should be proud! That mug survived a very long journey and it's got a cushy indoor location now!

I am! A Sven-Tiki found in the Hawaiian jungle! I have returned to the source! This foreshadows how several generations from now, an urban archaeologist will find a Sven-Tiki recipe card and put it together with the mug and put it in a book and...

I still do not quite understand: Who carved the log? Your friend or another tree dweller? How could the mug just be there? Any foot marks? Maybe the Sven-Tiki carved it, and he is really one of those alien Moai from that comic strip! Check if he moved over night!

And yes, you should have taken a photo! I always damn myself for not having shot a red Moai mug found in situ lying in the encrusted mud at The Tikis site.
S

On 2006-04-19 05:52, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2006-04-16 18:39, tikigap wrote:
Dunno if this is appropriate here, but I was hangin at a friends tree house in Volcano, on the Big Island, last December when I went down to the ground and out in the 'jungle' to take a leak.

I found a large, half carved log standing back in the foliage, with a Sven Tiki mug upright on it, replete with headband! I should have taken a picture of that.

I asked the guy how that got there and he had no recolletion of it (heh heh! - must be a good cocktail!), so I snagged it for my collection.

Sven should be proud! That mug survived a very long journey and it's got a cushy indoor location now!

I am! A Sven-Tiki found in the Hawaiian jungle! I have returned to the source! This foreshadows how several generations from now, an urban archaeologist will find a Sven-Tiki recipe card and put it together with the mug and put it in a book and...

I still do not quite understand: Who carved the log? Your friend or another tree dweller? How could the mug just be there? Any foot marks? Maybe the Sven-Tiki carved it, and he is really one of those alien Moai from that comic strip! Check if he moved over night!

And yes, you should have taken a photo! I always damn myself for not having shot a red Moai mug found in situ lying in the encrusted mud at The Tikis site.

Hmmm
This seems to fit in here. TNTiki sent me this site. Outrageous prices for a 20 inch tiki, but they seem to have copied a lot of our friends. The "Islander" caught my eye as being Sven-Tiki. I think I would call the lawyers. If they were $20, no, but $350! Your image is backordered Big Bro.
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anyone have any info on this fogcutter? it says "made exclusively for trader vics" on the bottom.
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Yeah, here's some info: They are globby and ugly! :lol:
....ooops, sorry, that wasn't nice, I apologize

Swanky, TNTiki, what a find! But since I don't have any lawyers, all I could do is order one...but they are backorderd, rats! I think I am the only person for who it would be worth to get one (for that outrageous price!), so I could have my own design's rip off on display. It would go right next to the "Devolution of the Disney Tiki totem" display.
TGT

Big Bro, don't tell them you don't have a lawyer, tell them you have many, but you're willing to settle (out of court) for two free tikis, (one for the home, one for the car).
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Here's my DI thrift find for today.

I'll post the shirts I found at Savers later.

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2006-04-20 03:53 ]
BM

DI? Are you from Utah? That is a seriously Mormoncentric thing to say...
I know because I am an ex-Sandy resident and out here in AZ there are 3 DIs...
ever here of King Quong?
S

Not UTAH, Idaho, not Eastern Idaho, Boise. Anyone who thrifts calls it DI for short, an' it's just fun to call it that. They don't have tiki mugs becuz o' their thing with no alcohol but they love their Hawaiian shirts and black velvet.
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On 2006-04-21 11:11, Sneakytiki wrote:
Not UTAH, Idaho, not Eastern Idaho, Boise. Anyone who thrifts calls it DI for short, an' it's just fun to call it that. They don't have tiki mugs becuz o' their thing with no alcohol but they love their Hawaiian shirts and black velvet.

Okay, here's where we go off track and come up with what we think "DI" stands for:

"Debris Incubator"
"Dilapidated Items"
"Damaged Inside"
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found this in a box set out for garbage pickup the other day. I have cleaned them up and need some help with what this is. The garage sale note that was on the keg just said it was hand carved in the Philippians. There are no markings on the bottom of the keg or the cups. The keg and 12 cups are in good condition but the keg stand is broken.
S

It's a made in Phillipines Drink dispenser and cups, mass produced tourist item, it's border line tiki.

Swanky, it;'s Deseret Industries, Deseret is a Mormon term. How about DI = Donated Items, Dig In! Dirty Infidel, or all three in that order.

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2006-04-21 22:36 ]
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My thrift store luck appears to be changing! I found a nice IZOD aloha shirt for $6, and one Chiki Tiki mug-- the one with the tongue sticking out for $1.98. Found two other mugs with no marks on the bottom, but have made in China labels on-- one is a bamboo mug (with leaves) that pops up on ooga-mooga, and the second is a Chiki Tiki square mouth tiki, but the one I found is sort of a red-brown clay color, and isn't labelled on the bottom, so I'm not too sure. These guys were $1.98 each, too.
I did find an Orchids X-eyed tiki mug at the antique store, but that's barely worth mentioning-- it was a little expensive. But since I didn't have one, I had to get it.
K

Lastmango nice find in the garbage? here is one that sold on ebay for $159.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-HAWAIIANA-TIKI-MONKEYPOD-WOOD-KEG-BEER-SET_W0QQitemZ7757196758QQcategoryZ2001QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Definitely, with a nice find! Those keg dispensers with the cups are something I always watch out for! Very cool.
So, I got a bonus Tiki Find today! In addition to all of my thrift store luck, my Father-in-law brought over a box of Hawaiian and exotica records, inlcuding one Martin Denny and an Arthur Lyman! It's stuff he's collected from estate sales, I guess. Score for me! I also got some Alfred Apaka records which I'm looking forward to checking out.
BM

holy CRAP--free stuff is the BEST...hope you plan to scour or RELINE that keg
out if you are going to put a beverage into it--actually that goes for WOOD MUGS too.
I got some bongos in Torrance many years ago--had some carving on them hanging in the TIKI GARAGE right now
BM

how bout 'Dumpy Interior'?

"Decaying Items'?

'Disability Interns'... those are the workers there--god bless em but every time I go with my 2-LP PURCHASE it always takes a half an hour...
8T

Thought I would share a few finds from my own "Tiki road trip" to COONTIKI & back.

Trader Dicks peanut mug. (A later version I think.) Also a cool vintage Tiki bottle opener I got from Basement Kahuna. Perfect for my liquor cabinet.

This is one of 3 Mint unused golf balls I found together and all 3 have this Hawaii tiki logo on them. 1970's perhaps?

Here are a few goodies from Coontiki: A beautiful post card from Tiki Diablo (personally autographed on back), a matchbook from my home town-the old Kansas City Trader Vic's (given to me by Basement Kahuna) and a very nice moai head was my gift from Vontiki's grab bag o' tiki. THANKS GUYS!!!

Finally a couple of big tall tiki candles I got at an estate sale from an elderly neighbor lady who traveled a bunch. And a vintage "Strikow" Kahlua bottle.
TJ

I found a Trader Vics Voodoo Grog glass in Cincinnati of all places.

WOOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
T

I picked up these two this weekend. Can someone advise as to the figurine on the left? My first thought is that its from New Guinea, Papua maybe but I am not sure. Of course there are no markings. I left another one just like it in the resell shop. I think its a pretty cool little piece and will still display in the bar.

Take care all.
STCB

Went to the Long Beach Swapmeet again this morning and did pretty well. Again, I only managed to see about half the swapmeet before I had to head home. Here's what I found:

:down: Some postcards from Clifton's Pacific Seas in Los Angeles:

:down: More Los Angeles landmarks. Steve Crane's Luau and the Kowloon. For those of you not in the know, the Kowloon has a beautiful drink menu filled with color artwork of tiki drinks.

:down: Two views of the Warehouse in Marina Del Rey. (One I've shown before in this thread. Here's the new one.

:down: The Coco Palms in Kauai

:down: A matchbook from Trader Nick's in Pismo Beach, CA

:down: One of my favorite finds of the day; Two cocktail napkins from Tony's on the Redondo Beach pier.

:down: The Erawan Garden Hotel in Indian Wells, CA. More Chinese than Tiki, although it has nice A-frame beams and tiki torches.

:down: The Castaway in Burbank, CA and the Ports O'Call in San Pedro, CA. Both owned by the same company I believe. (Correct, Sven?)

:down: The Town and Country Hotel in San Diego, CA. I like the large tiki-shaped torches.

:down: An artist's rendering of Christian's Hut in Balboa, CA from a Mar 1951 copy of Ford Times magazine.

:down: And even better - a matchbook from Christian's Hut (The 'Original' one in Corona Del Mar). This has the great feature of the pop-out "Goof" head. I've always wanted this matchbook, but didn't want to pay the $40 that it usually gets on eBay. $5 was much better.

I guess that's it until next month.

Sabu
F

Great finds, my man!! If you get any dupes on matchbooks, shoot me a PM. Maholla!
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Incredible, Sabu! You have the nose for tiki.

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