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Recently found a Tiki Hibachi and a few other things.

$6.50
T

Here are my finds for the weekend.

2 Daga mugs from the Kauai Resort Hotel, Wailua Kauai ($0.30 each)

3 small carved (monkeypod'esque) tiki's ($1.00 each)

Waikiki 76' Hawaiian shirt (large) ($2.00)
J

Not really a "find", but my mother was finally willing to give up my father's Harvey's Hula Girl mug that he got with a drink in the mid-'70s.


The odd thing is that it clearly says "Harvay's" with an "a" where the "e" should be.

My apologies for the slightly blurred pic.

Overall the mug is in pretty good condition considering my mother has been using it as a flower vase for decades. One small chip on a palm tree that has been poorly corrected with paint, but other than that, just some expected slight glaze wear and crazing.
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A few little finds


Matches from known Polynesian places on the left. Matches from Random "Hawaiian" themed places in western mass, the swizzles are from an unknown Polynesian room and The Hawaiian, Boston


Trader Vic Mug 1.99 at the Goodwill has a chip :0(

The other mug is from here
It's not tiki but it was most likely made by OMC. It's very heavy.

Tikisgrl
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Things have been pretty slow since we got back from Hawaii. I'll have to take some pics of some of the Hawaii finds (there were a few)-- A Don Ho glass with the cinerama logo on, a couple of Imperial Glass Co. Little Shots (green), some swizzles from the Volcano House. Pretty good finds, for pretty cheap.
The best thing I've gotten lately was a sealed copy of Exotica Vol III. Found it at a record shop. It wasn't a steal, but totally awesome to find a record that's never been opened or played. I used the money my mother-in-law gave me for my birthday to buy it. Sweet!
O

Hula girl from thrift store $12.00
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oji
Ithink that Hula girl is a bottle opener..

I have one tooo
D

i found a non-auction site, and got these three mugs for a grand total of 35 bux, including shipping from Canada!

the seahorse is as minty fresh as they come!
V

Wow....that seahorse is great...what a find!!!
M

Dogbytes scooooores !!!

I'll trade you 12 fine Leilanis for it.

Nice!

Mahalo

McTiki
SDT

On 2006-11-29 22:08, dogbytes wrote:
i found a non-auction site, and got these three mugs for a grand total of 35 bux, including shipping from Canada!

You're in big trouble, missy. Unfortunately for you those are national art treasures that should never have been exported, so unless you can produce the proper export documents you better return those promptly if you don't want to create an international incident. Send them to me and I'll make sure they're displayed someplace where all Canadians can enjoy them.
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My finds recently.

A Trader Vic's Waikiki Tiki Liki mug (swap meet) and a blue Sun Hung Heung mug (antique store).

A Disnelyand shaker set. Both are salts, and found at an antique store (different than the one where I got the Sun Hung Heung mug).
A

I found a two faced Tiki Leilani mug at a car-boot sale this morning, but the bloody seller knew what it.
I picked it up and she went all knowledgeable "that's a tiki mug" so i snapped back "Yes i know, how much?" and she said "£5, their quite rare","Not this style" i responded "this is a tiki Leilani mug THE most common mug of all, I'll give you four pounds for it only because i can't leave them when i see them" she squeaked "you must be a collector" "No I'm THE tiki collector in this town".

I hope this isn't a taste of things to come, that seller knowing what it was, ruined the whole heart pounding dry mouth sensation when you find a mug, and the burst of joy when you get it for 50 pence.
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foamy posted on Mon, Dec 4, 2006 5:34 AM

Yeah, that's a rub. Any sort of antiques or collectibles shop now knows that tiki mugs are sought after and are pricing them higher. Got my first mug for $2, last one I bought in those environs cost me $12. They are a tough find in the wild around here.
MR

Keep hope alive. My wife picked up a set of the mr. Bali Hai salt and pepper shakers in perfect condition for three bucks last week. They even had salt and pepper in them (bonus).
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Just a little post card but given the looks to be late 50's? on Kodak Paper so it feels almost like a real photograph... bottom left corner: Aloha Clifton's "Pacific Seas" Olive at Sixth, Los Angeles apparently this location closed in 1960 Clifton's History of the Olive at Sixth

And a Monkey Pod Oda carved perfume holder the perfume bottle is long gone but the seller suggested it might make a good "stash" holder!

Total Miles Drive 100+ Total cost of Tiki items $3.65. Gotta travel sometimes to find the weird stuff.

Tikisgrl
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On 2006-12-07 17:41, Tikisgrl wrote:
Just a little post card but given the looks to be late 50's? on Kodak Paper so it feels almost like a real photograph... bottom left corner: Aloha Clifton's "Pacific Seas" Olive at Sixth, Los Angeles apparently this location closed in 1960 Clifton's History of the Olive at Sixth

Tikisgrl

This was a hang out for my mom. She remembers going there "all the time", but can't give me any details. ackPTH!!!
TD

Scored 2, count'm, 2, steve crane scorpion bowls ( pristeen condition) today. page 77 and 78 of TIKI QUEST. TD
FZ

pictures?
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Pictures Soon?
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A while back I won an auction on eBay for a lot of five tiki mugs.
After two weeks I hadn't received anything so I got worried.
It seemed the seller shipped it surface instead of airmail,
so I had to wait ten weeks before they arrived. And when it finally arrived,
I had to pay €20 to customs.
Then I opened the box and found the best mug I paid for was missing!
By this time I was really angry but the seller offered me a full refund,
but I told him I just wanted my damn mug.
He said he still had a few mugs left, and would send me pictures so I could choose from them.
That took another three weeks, apparently he had broken his arm.
But when he finally sent the pictures of the mugs I could choose from,
all my frustrations were over, and one week later this one arrived:
T

It was a fun day out shopping for me... Yesterday too! The shirt under the mugs is a Ui-Maikai that I got yesterday. The three mugs while not "Totally Tiki" really made my day.

From Left to Right: South Sea's Boston, Reginald Wong Co, Seven Samurai's. The
swizzle which didn't come out in the picture is from Hawaii 12-20 Auburn, MA
& it's also a buddha.

little detail from the shirt.
M

I paid a visit to a local junque shoppe over my lunch break today and picked up this small Maori mask and Hawaiian Lucky Tiki souvenir mug for a grand total of $4.

On Monday, I found this beautiful Art Deco illustration, by Léon Carré, of a Tahitian princess in a 1927 issue of the French newsmagazine, L'illustration. Price $8.

You can view much larger scan here.
T

I spotted this item at a thrift store a few days ago, but passed on it for some reason. After reading the various threads about the return of Sam's Seafood, I realized what it was. I rushed back to the store and was glad to see it was still there. Picked it up for $0.95

This is a fogcutter mug from possibly Sam's Seafood or the Tahitian Village, as can be seen in this thread from Sabu.
H

Okay, so I found this pair of candle holders:

They look alot like the Trader Vics candle holders, and they're some kind of stone, not wood.

Anyone have any thoughts on where they might've come from?
T

Had a rare day off today so I went thrifting... Found a few fun things:

Kowloon Salt & Pepper

Starbucks/Doonesbury Reyn Spooner Hawaiian Shirt

I'm not really Tiki but made me smile
N

A very amateurish tiki that looks like it was carved with a butter knife and a 1951 copy of Tele-views (Similar to TV guide but more localized) with an interview with that exotic organ grinder Korla Pandit shortly after he was let go from KTLA.
SDT

Birthday presents:

3 Coco Joes (Ku (?), Kane and Diamond Head ashtray), coins from New Zealand - the ones discussed in this thread, a book called Easter Island - Mystery of the Stone Giants by Catherine and Michel Orleac, a card with maoi handpainted by an artist friend. The basket on the left was what the Coco Joes came wrapped in.

-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2006-12-16 15:20 ]
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On 2006-12-07 17:41, Tikisgrl wrote:

And a Monkey Pod Oda carved perfume holder the perfume bottle is long gone but the seller suggested it might make a good "stash" holder!

Tikisgrl

That perfume bottle might be quite old it was patented in 1939...

DESIGN FOR A FLACON

..gotta love google patents
UT

Weekend finds. Have to go on a wide search radius when the snow flys.
P

On 2006-12-13 17:21, MrBaliHai wrote:

On Monday, I found this beautiful Art Deco illustration, by Léon Carré, of a Tahitian princess in a 1927 issue of the French newsmagazine, L'illustration. Price $8.

You can view much larger scan here.

Magnifique! thanks for the scan!

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[ Edited by: Paipo 2006-12-18 18:00 ]
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I haven't had the pleasure to hit the back alleys and hidden shops for tiki stuff, so excuse this lame post. I was at BevMo today and found this Voo Doo Rum. Has a picture of a tiki on the front but no class tiki in the bottle like the tequila version. You can believe I will be buying the tequila version when I see one though.
ST

Some thrift store finds and some not



maybe I let the cat out of the bag, sorry Holden!

Crazy Al Tiki Oasis 6 necklace a big thanks to Otto

[ Edited by: stiki tiki 2006-12-18 13:47 ]
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Are those Shag salt & pepper shakers?
T

On 2006-12-18 13:11, Atomicchick wrote:
Are those Shag salt & pepper shakers?

Yep. I'm not sure if they're available to the public yet, but it's an open edition item so it shouldn't be too difficult to get a hold of a pair once they're actually available for sale.
M

Today's finds include these fairly common, but still fine Orchids of Hawaii specimens. The Ku figure was mislabeled as a "Hawaiian Vase", and there was dirt still inside of it...Philistines!

I paid too much for the lovely hula girl mug (don't ask), but I couldn't bear to leave her dancing forlornly on a shelf, surrounded by dirty drinking glasses.
UT

Got this guy last night at of all places Hobby Lobby. About two foot high, made out of polyresin and half off. 20 bucks! was 40.
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foamy posted on Tue, Dec 19, 2006 5:23 AM

uncle trav, the Moai's a nice catch but, I think what I really like is the style in that room. Any more photos of it that you want to post somewhere?
UT

Thanks Foamy. I pics posted on the creating tiki crafts thread. page 5 half way down.Thanks again.
T

I picked up these guys this past summer.

The tags said Virgin Islands, I'm guessing Mexico.

Anyone?
TGT

Had a great and unexpected day Yesterday.

Just stopping into one of my favorite antique stores I stumbled onto this for 15 Bucks!

I even fit my record player in this hutch!

and just 2 feet over to the right was this:

I'm going to faux granite spray paint it and it will be my official Granite Tiki!

[ Edited by: The Granite Tiki 2006-12-29 12:33 ]
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Nice score, Granite. 'course now there's no more tiki left in New Hampshire... :(
L

Anyone know how old this might be?
I'm guessing '70s?
T

I am in the process on moving and have started organising my mugs. I had this black The Tiki's mug in the back of a cabinet for years because it's a duplicate. When I pulled it out, I realized that there was something crumbed up in the inside of the mug, which I had never noticed before. I pulled it out and it was a napkin from there. Pretty cool. I've had this mug for probably 6 years and never realized it.
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GROG posted on Sun, Dec 31, 2006 11:55 AM

GROG find this yesterday on Easter Island. It was a real bitch getting it home, though.

[ Edited by: GROG 2006-12-31 12:13 ]
BPB

Some of December's first couple of weeks "in the wild" finds

the tattoo book has about 70 pages of old Moari, Samoan, and other "ethnographic tattoos"

Dear The Sperm Whale: I picked up that brass whale clip for you, if you want it. It was a buck.
This week's stuff

And some things I received in trade for some of those unpictured finds already

I think everything here ran about $68...

Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-12-31 12:34 ]
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not exactly the best tiki find, but they're cute! haha...I found these at a Beall's Outlet in Orlando

this one isn't really a find, I got it for xmas, it says "tiki peepshow", too cool!
I didn't know where else to show it, and didn't want to start a whole new topic just to share it
T

Good evening,
A handyman I employed a few months back saw I collected tiki and gave me a Harveys Mug that his mother gave him. He told me it was from the 50's or 60's. He didn't want it and decided to give it to me. Not sure exactly how old, but I've never seen anything like it. If anyone knows info. on it, I'd love to hear about it. Please email me. I would imagine it is pretty rare. Not sure though.

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