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BK

OK, you asked for it! Please excuse the mess. My mid-century time-warp room is in a bit of chaos, at the moment!
P

Wow, Big! You had a big day. Nice!

Just so's you don't think I've been slacking, here's what I got:

That bag is full of a lifetime supply of plastic drink picks.(50 cents) I'm always intrigued when I find Tiki Farm mugs out in the wild, aren't you?(5 bucks)

But not as intrigued as when I find a Mai Kai mug this far north.(2 bucks)

I almost never buy mugs anywhere but the flea market. Anyone else like that?
UJ

PDT, Those Shogun Warriors are awesome!

I've forgot the names over the years, but I had the two flanking Voltron. I also see alot of items I've (or family) owned over the years. Hey in the beyond tiki section, there is a thread called "beyong tiki finds" you should pull them out and rephotograph them so we can see them all.

Keep it up man!
BB

Found this Co Co Joe's bookend (?) this week. The back side has a wine menu attached to it with a thick coat of varnish. The menu doesn't indicate what restaurant it's from- it's so generic. Can anyone place it?
TR

Cool find BB. My guess would be that this came from somewhere in Hawaii along the lines of Chuck's Steak House or The Fogcutter. Pure speculation based on the image of the sailing ship.
Aloha,
:tiki:
BB

Thanks Roy, that sounds much more of an interesting story than I was imagining! I suppose someone snatched it from a restaurant while on vacation and brought it home to the Midwest as a souvenir... and then used it as a blunt object to kill their wife and drove to the city dump to dispose of the evidence only to have a junk collector find it and put it in his shop where it sat for 30 years behind an Elvis portrait until the murder's ex-sister-in-law, a big Elvis fan purchased the painting revealing the bookend for me to find and post on TikiCentral. Something like that.

[edited for embellishment]

[ Edited by: Bongo Bungalow 2007-10-25 08:15 ]
C
Chub posted on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 4:51 PM

Some recent finds....

The girlfriend found this carved wood mug a few days ago at a Flea Market here in LA.

This shell bowl was found at a Goodwill. I like the fact that it has a mat finish on the outside, but high gloss on the inside.
R

First batch are birthday gifts.

The second batch I found at local antique mall. Central VA is not a hotbed of tiki goodness so nice to spot these at a decent price.

Anybody know anything on these I bought a set of 3 for $9.Checked on Ooga Mooga and couldn't find them.
PTD

Not too much this week in the way of tiki...bought three scrapbooks filled with travel from New Mexico to Canada and the only tiki was a couple of Disneyland shot circa 1960..


Caption: "Wally at Disneyland 1960".


Adventureland 1960


Taylor's Chi Chi, Catalina Island, anyone ever heard of this place?


Also found two different versions of "Don the Beachcomber's" matchbooks as well as a Trader Vic's Beverly Hills matchbook.

I'll be out again tomorrow!

PTD
PTD

Four hours of looking at 300+ vendors and this was all I found and all from the same vendor. :(


Three PMP "Praying Monkey" mugs, a "Lovely Leilani" mug and another slim, three faced "Tonga Room" bucket.

I need to start selling some of this stuff...I am finding the same things again and again. What I didn't buy were the three unmarked coconut mugs and 2 Don Ho glasses.

Looks like tiki is starting to go into hibernation!

PTD
BB

I don't know the origin of this game board "Tiki Taki Toe". I found it as you see it here, it's just printed on cardboard, about 9" square. As drinking games go, this one ensure drinks to be enjoyed with every move!
T

On 2007-10-30 09:21, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
I don't know the origin of this game board "Tiki Taki Toe".

It was sold at Spencer's Gifts in the Spring of 2005.

Did yours come with the box and the shot glasses?
BB

On 2007-10-30 09:38, Tiki-Kate wrote:

It was sold at Spencer's Gifts in the Spring of 2005.

Did yours come with the box and the shot glasses?

Mmmmm... nope. But the same shop did have some shot glass sized tikis I bought, could these have come from the set?
T

The green one in the middle is from the set. It came with 5 orange and five green shots.
C
Chub posted on Thu, Nov 1, 2007 2:18 PM

A few thrift finds from a few weeks ago...
Unused tapa address book dated 1976.



And a few nice post cards...
PTD

This was all today.


These two Mai Tai glasses from the"Where It's Happening!", Waikiki Outrigger Hotel, Robert E MacGregor, President (on one side)
And "SOS Fever" Main Show Room, Society of Seven (on the other)!

Never heard of the Society of Seven?

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2007-11-02 15:09 ]
UT

Getting a little chilly up here and I think Tiki may be heading for the warmer climes but I found a few things. First off. Two Trader Vic's books. The original 1947 bartenders guide and the Book of Food & Drink.

A Coco Joe King "K" with original tag. And a strange guy my aunt left on my door step. Very heavy and looks to made out of lava. South American maybe?

An album, not really tiki but the art work looks cool.

The best find is " The Hawaii Book" from 1961. 336 pages of fantastic art, history and tons of photos and color plates.




A small book on Hawaiian Royalty.
TM

i had a copy of that same book a few years back (hawaii, story of our island paradise)...i sold it on ebay.

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2007-11-04 06:11 ]
UT

On 2007-11-04 06:10, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
i had a copy of that same book a few years back (hawaii, story of our island paradise)...i sold it on ebay.

Great book Tipsy, filled with tons of info. I couldn't pass it up for the huge price of 25 cents.
S
Swanky posted on Sun, Nov 4, 2007 7:38 AM

On 2007-10-05 16:14, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
I was out wandering around at lunch today and stopped by the local flea market to check things out. Friday is usually a pretty slow day and I don't find much.

After being skunked for about five weeks on my Friday flea market lunches, I walked up to a table and found these things.


This was the first item I found. There were a box full of travel items and I found these Hawaii-The 50th State cocktail napkins.

Behind the box of paper goods was this.

A Brallata decanter and two glasses. I already have one set, but what intrigued me about this one was it had the box. The decanter does not fit in the box, which leads me to believe another bottle was in the box with the glasses.


A picture of the box. The box holds the two glasses and according to the box should have a "Half Pint 84 Proof bottle of Brallata Demi-Sec Liqueur Product of Italy and Bottled for Liqueur Specialties Co. So. San Francisco, Calif.

Behind some other liquor bottles I spied this.


Trader Vic's Mai Tai Rum decanter.

And his buddy.


Another Trader Vic's Mai Tai Rum decanter.


With the labels on the back.

And their companions.


Their original boxes! Box label has printed "86 Proof, 1 Pint, A Blend Of The Finest Imported Rums, Jamaican Rum 70%, Martinique Rum 20%, Virgin Island Rum 10%, Prepared and Bottled By Trader Vic's Products Co, South San Francisco California".

Not bad for an hour's time and $15.00!

Psycho Tiki D (I know I am and even at lunch I am)!

Ow! That just makes me sick and excited all at once! T-H-A-T R-O-C-K-S!
TM

outstanding find!! i've never seen the original boxes.....thanks for the pic......those are probably worth a fortune on ebay. ....kohalacharms may be eyeing those boxes if he doesn'thave them already...
S

Score of the day....Trader Vic ceramic Port and Starboard mugs...pristine!!! Oh and $5 each!


and one more not tiki but too cool..1950s Ring Ding Spaceship gumball machine
PTD

Nothing found yesterday...hiked 15 miles from Sugar Bowl to Squaw Valley, although I did see two carved tikis outside of a ski and skate shop in Squaw Valley Village!

Not much today either...


Treasure Craft Clam shell.



Odd looking candle holder very much looking like a "Westwood" piece.


Smoked gray glass tiki candle.

Not much, but stuff I didn't have.

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2007-11-05 06:10 ]
T

Well lots of miles driven not much too show for it but, what I did find made me smile and that's what counts!

From Hong Kong Restaurant - note the lovely feminine features on the chest area!


Hula Girls, Kon Tiki Ports, Boston Sheraton & South Pacific Polynesian Restaurant & Gardens, Hallandale, FL
BPB

More stuff:

A Tepco bowl. It came with free dried rose petals in it!

I'm going to use it for an outside dog water bowl.

A CocoJoe's hula girl which differs from my other one almost exactly like it in that it has no gold highlighting painted on it.

Hoooray! for variations! I do cry sexual discrimination on this find. It was considerably more expensive yesterday when I asked the dude how much it was than today when I sent Zaya up to him with it. And to hear women still cry about equal opportunity in this day and age! I'm a true victim of gender inequality here....Oh the sufering I endure!

A Maori Kiwi carving:

A thrashed album cover, but it has tikis on it.

Since it is kinda discolored, I'm going to buy one of Monkeyman's frame seconds for it, available now in the Marketplace Thread.

This week's favorite find:
A combination tiki bowling trophy/ pen holder/tiki table lighter

The plaque says: C.O. Bowl Monthly Hi Series 491 August 1966 Betty Hampton
Tiki looks like monkeypod wood

The lighter fits on snugly with a dowel

On 2007-10-27 13:22, Psycho Tiki D wrote:

Taylor's Chi Chi, Catalina Island, anyone ever heard of this place?

I found this about a week or so before you found the napkin:



I think it was on page 204 of finds.

Buzy Out!
P

Yard sale season is wrapping up in preparation for snow and stuff. I'm still out there plugging though. I may not find anything interesting but I rarely pay much.

Hawaii Kai peanut mug, Orchids bamboo and Fu Manchu mugs. Net outlay: $3.25.

I also got a copy of Jack London's South Sea Tales from 1911--one buckaroo.
T
twitch posted on Sun, Nov 4, 2007 6:24 PM

Found @ Value Village for 3.99 -

Tho' the only rum I'm using these days is for the hot lemon & ginger drink fer my cold...

Also saw - for the first time ever, for me - an actual tiki mug in a Sally Ann window display.
The exact same one I'd just got in the mail from an ebay win a couple weeks earlier. It was either karma telling me I needed two of the same mug, or some deranged tiki-mug god having a knee-slapper poke at my mug-luck!
Ah well - the book's in near-perfect condition, ready to be finally slopped over in sauces & other foody bits...
MN

Here are only a few items from Saterday.






And a couple of neat tourist boards.
D

Hey let's start a bit of a brag board where you can show what great finds you got on the weekend from yard sales, parents attics, junk shops, deals with the devil, etc....

Dekano

Lapruebacigars
BPB

On 2007-11-08 11:48, dekano wrote:
Hey let's start a bit of a brag board where you can show what great finds you got on the weekend from yard sales, parents attics, junk shops, deals with the devil, etc....

Dekano

Lapruebacigars

Dekano, Here's a thread devoted to that very topic:
a brag board where you can show what great finds you got on the weekend from yard sales, parents attics, junk shops, deals with the devil, etc....

I'm not the only Tiki Guy with a time machine! But I'm stuck in a time continuum repeat moment!

Buzzy
MN

If I only sat down 30 minutes earlier.....
MN

The orange velvet is five feet wide, the blue velvet is three feet tall.


The tapa is fiveish by fourish.
MN

T

Came across a huge basket of matchbooks, and pulled out the following:

Luau
Kapu Kai
Tahitian Lanai
Bali Hai (2)
Shelter Island Inn
Trader Vics
Tahitian Village
Don the Beachcomber (2)
The Sampan (2 advertising 'Tropical Drinks & Hawaiian Entertainment')

and while not Tiki, a place called Girl Talk. The inside advertises Go Go girls, which ties nicely with the recent Tiki Oasis 7 theme.

Back

Front
BB

Added another Treasure Craft to the Bungalow collection. This is 7 inches at its high point.
BPB

Recent finds include:
A pair of clear glass tiki face cups

A Frank Schirman letter opener

A 12" HIP dancer guy

A Maori girl doll kind of like the one I found a few weeks back

She has the exact same pendant as the other one does

This one has a burlap wrap instead of a feather wrap

Buzzy out!
M

After searching through more than 20 antique malls and thrift stores in Denver and Colorado Springs last Sunday, this is all I turned up.

Pretty disappointing compared to the last time I was out there.
PTD

Although it has been slow I did manage to find a few things this week...


Nice Hawaii silk tourist souvenir pillow.


"The Tropics Restaurants" Honolulu ashtray.


"Ku" styled salt and pepper shakers.



"Tonga Room, Fairmont Hotel San Francisco" match book.


Three swizzle sticks.


Cool Coco Joes napkin holder with a hut and tikis.


Large "Toby Designs" tiki mug.



Larger Outrigger scorpion bowl from Trader Dicks in Reno.

Later!

PTD
MB

Found this cute little girl today a our local thrift store. I think she is made by Treasure Craft.She is about 3"high. “Hawaii” is written of the back of her left hand. No other markings. Can anyone identify and tell me about her?

Thanks,
Mrs Hoptiki
TR

There's been a bit of a Tiki drought around here lately, but here's a few recent finds.

Tiki lamp base,large Frank Schirman bust, Trader Pangs dragon mug

A couple of carved tikis and a pair of monkeypod purfume bottles

And an Outrigger Canoe Club Zippo.
Actually I've had this for a while but thought someone had nicked it. I just fouind it in a box of other crap!

Aloha,
:tiki:

[ Edited by: Tiki Royale 2007-11-17 12:59 ]
PR

On 2007-11-16 17:51, Mr&Mrs BPHoptiki wrote:
Found this cute little girl today a our local thrift store. I think she is made by Treasure Craft.She is about 3"high. “Hawaii” is written of the back of her left hand. No other markings. Can anyone identify and tell me about her?

[ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-20 20:21 ]
V

I found this couple for a very cheap price in Kyoto, Japan. Is that Witco ?
PTD

A few "pre-holiday" shopping finds...

This box of assorted swizzle sticks...

Yielded these "tiki" swizzle sticks...

Anyone interested in a bunch of non-tiki swizzle sticks?


Found this huge Hawaiian nautical map.




Decorated my silver Christmas tree with old hula girl and uke player cake toppers (found a shoebox full of them).

Happy Thanksgiving. :)

PTD
B

On 2007-11-17 23:39, virani wrote:
I found this couple for a very cheap price in Kyoto, Japan. Is that Witco ?

I am a frayed knot, Virani...Nevertheless, they are quite cool, and I can easily picture them prostrating to the left and right of an appropriate Tiki statue!
TM

On 2007-11-16 13:54, MrBaliHai wrote:
After searching through more than 20 antique malls and thrift stores in Denver and Colorado Springs last Sunday, this is all I turned up.

Pretty disappointing compared to the last time I was out there.

..that's what ya get for tellin the world where you found all your stuff!! now you got competition in the antique malls cause others know there's tiki gold in them thar hills!!..might explain why you are finding less stuff each time....
T

So in order to miss the Black Friday madness I was determined to go Tiki Hunting instead. Total places visited prior to my find, 3 Salvation Army stores, 2 Antique stores & Kowloon just in case there was something new in the Tiki Mug case.

It was just starting to get dark as I was heading toward my final Stop. This was when I noticed the nearly Full Moon. One last Salvation Army before I gave up. I spotted the little orange one first and was excited, it was the first Tiki mug of the day! Then pay dirt a shopping cart full!


The black one & the Fu Manchu have dates and were purchased at The Hawaiian?

Not all perfect but Wow! It's been a long time since I have seen so many interesting mugs in one place and I got to buy them all.

So Full Moon & Black Friday, worked out for me!

Tikisgrl
K

Not all perfect but Wow! It's been a long time since I have seen so many interesting mugs in one place and I got to buy them all.

The black OMC and the Kon Tiki fogcutter are two I've been after for a while!
M

On 2007-11-23 12:59, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
..that's what ya get for tellin the world where you found all your stuff!! now you got competition in the antique malls cause others know there's tiki gold in them thar hills!!..might explain why you are finding less stuff each time....

There's plenty of tiki in them thar antique malls...all priced from $80 and up. You can have it all, Tipsy.

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