TRADER VIC's Warehouse Sale

On 2008-03-03 13:27, midnite_tiki wrote:
I saw a couple of ne'er do wells rummaging through a box of "off limits" booty like a pair of scavenging hooligans. I even think there was photographic evidence of their shenanigans, good thing one of the warehouse girls 86'd their endeavor.

Here they are, caught red handed! Looking through boxes of awards plaques from the office. No official TC Tiki Day declaration from Mayor Gavin Newsome, though.

Here are my pics from the Trader Vic's warehouse sale. Ray and I managed to hit the sale on four separate days, but he's a bigger geek than I am because he went twice on one day!

Saturday February 23rd
Lots of cool vintage fish floats and lamps hanging from the warehouse rafters. Fairly frantic frenzy of tiki buyers had Michelie and Kier frazzled. People are stunned and amazed at all of the fantastic merchandise available for sale, and are literally walking around speechless, bumping into each other! Check out the cool bottle on the left that Otto scored, and the giant fish float right above Otto that I scored, and that Ray risked life and limb in retrieving for me. There was a lot of physical suffering for the tiki gods on this sale.

Cool Turtle.

Some of the schwag we scored.

Anyone remember this from the 2007 tiki crawl? The San Francisco Trader Vic's served us Mai Tais in this vessel, (or one just like it - the debate goes on) as their Mai Tai boat. So, they would not sell the Mai Tai boat, but as it turns out, Eve Bergeron confirmed that it's not really a Mai Tai boat at all - it's a giant food serving tray that they pack full of ice, and use to serve fresh fruit, shrimp, etc. Once she confirmed that, it almost became available for sale, but alas, the chef at the Emeryville TV claimed it for their banquet room. Oh well, I tried to get it, believe me, I really tried. Like almost banned from the warehouse tried. :wink:

Psycho Tiki D and Alohacurrent drive off with a car full of schwag. They'll be back.

We fill Dr. Von Zombie's SUV with so much booty, that we forgot to save a space for Ray, and had to do a little last minute re-arranging.

Papua New Guinea masks from the San Francisco Trader Vic's. Cool board carvings too!

Here's a Mai Tai boat that was available for sale.

Loading Ray's tiki from the New York TV into Casa de Mai Tai, where it is taking a little rest for now.

Ray and his prom date. I think it was the "Enchantment Under The Sea" theme.

After all the heavy lifting was completed, we celebrated with club sandwiches. This one's from Jim's Coffee Shop in Alameda, and so far is in the lead in The Amazing Club Sandwich Race.

And then we went to Mark Holt's place, freshly renovated by Bamboo Ben. And there was much rejoicing.

Monday February 25th
There's still quite a bit of stuff still available. I'm guessing that the really big storm that hit on Saturday night might have kept people away on Sunday? For me, Monday turns out to be one of my favorite days of the warehouse sale. There's literally just a handful of us, and there is no buying frenzy, so Kier and Michelie fill us in on a lot of the history of the various items. Also, we aren't in shock and wandering around aimlessly in a tiki daze anymore, so we are able to absorb and appreciate the setting and the information better. We had such a good time that day that Ray showed up twice.

Hanford checks out some of the signal flag bathroom plaques from the San Francisco location, and discovers that his signal flags clash. To keep the plaques from disappearing by prying hands, they had been heavily epoxied onto the bamboo backing, and the TV folks found it was much easier to just remove the entire backing from the wall for this sale than to remove each individual plaque.

Hanford finds a new home for this tiki.

We get to take a peek through a binder that has cataloged all of the art work done by none other than Vic Bergeron. Here is a piece that will forever end the argument that owls are not tiki.

Setting sail for Christmas Island.

Decisions, decisions. After much pacing and wringing of hands, Ray eventually chooses the tiki third from the right, and I choose the one on the far right. Getting them home, let alone just moving them from that spot, is an entirely different story, however.

Did someone say Senor Pico? Here's a bunch of their wares, with the base of the cool chicken bong in the background.

Wednesday February 27th
Am I really going back for the third time? Lordy, help me! My pocket book has taken a fairly strong beating by this point, and is begging for mercy. Coco Loco isn't too thrilled that I'm going back, until she remembers some cool items that she wanted - then it's okay! Turns out, there is still a ton of cool stuff left. Uh oh. Today is the day to pick up the small stuff that we might have forgotten about, like Mama Gruber or parrot swizzles, or so we tell ourselves. Then Ray snags a cool large orange globe lamp, and I score another large fish float, and a cool tiny one that has been pre-drilled for a light - so much for small stuff! Kier and Michelie have also unearthed a few other things, like that great drum. I am really tempted to unwrap some of those 8 foot tikis laying against the wall still in their packaging, but don't have the blueberries to do it.

The warehouse staff has moved our tikis out to the front of the loading dock for us.

Two of the best sports on the planet, Michelie and Kier, along with their antagonizer. Note the giant blueberry in his hand.

Then it's back to Alameda, where we check out the club sandwich at Tillie's - sadly, a little dry. We then hit Forbidden Island, for the Rum 201 class with Ed Hamilton.

Friday, February 29th
My fourth trip. Ray's fifth. I think we now officially have a problem. Coco Loco needs the big car today, so that forces me to pick Ray up in the Miata. "That's okay," I tell myself and him, "it will keep us from buying too much stuff." Later on at lunchtime, Ray and I get lost in the 'hood, and wander around the streets of Richmond with the top down - definitely a memorable experience.

Friday is a slow day for the most part. There are actually quite a few people buying stuff when we arrive, but we scare them off quickly. We're basically going to see if there's anything new that has been unpackaged and that we may have missed, and also to hopefully load up our tikis if Mark Holt shows up with the TikiTastic Express van. Surprisingly, a lot of the smaller merchandise available for sale has been thinned out. Either people bought a bunch of stuff on Thursday, or I'm guessing that they made merchandise available to their franchises. I was going to score a vintage fish float lamp for Polynesiac, but I was suprised to see that they were all gone - sorry, Jim! There was still a lot of large stuff available on Friday, though, as Psycho Tiki D's pic's show in his posts above.

Psyco Tiki D and I can wait no longer, and tear into the wrapped tikis like it was Christmas morning.

Here's the drum, now with a picture of Trader Vic playing it. Ray has a meltdown until they break the news to him that it's not the same drum, and offer proof that the rope around the drum head is wrapped around 6 or more times, and the drum in the picture has the rope only wrapping around 4 times. Ray is crushed.

Here's a close up of the pic. Is that Barry Goldwater on the left? And who is the groovy guy on the right, Bruce Woodbury's dad?

TikiHula scores one of the big tikis that was behind the bar at the San Francisco Trader Vic's.

Getting it into the car is a more difficult proposition than expected, and TikiHula has to shed blood to appease the tiki gods. Hey, no one ever said that this warehouse sale was gonna be easy. I forwarned everyone earlier that there was a lot of pain and suffering to the tiki gods for this sale.

Here's a last minute purchase that's loaded into the SUV.

Then it's back to Sacramento for those Menehunes. Ray and I hope they use their magic powers to keep that giant Marquesan tiki from SF Vic's from falling out of the back of their SUV.

Then the TikiTastic Express shows up, and financial carnage begins! For example, those two bad boys sitting on either side of the loading dock.

And this 12 foot tall Ku too!

The folks at Trader Vic's express their gratitude to Mark by presenting him with a special gift. Eve Bergeron has unearthed a crate of rum that's been sitting in the warehouse since the 1960's, and presents a bottle of it to Mark.

Here's a close up of the bottle. It's "Flaming Rum", which was used to ignite fire in the volcano bowls, etc.

The rest of my pics are a documentation of the new business that Mark, Ray, and I have formed: The Tiki Moving Co.

First stop, the Conga Lounge!

Second stop, Forbidden Island.

Last stop, Casa de Mai Tai, where we unloaded 3 tikis.

The last one was so heavy, that it required all three of us to move it.

This last group of photos I like to call "When Tikis Take Over Your House."

Tikis in my dining room. Ray owns the two on the left, mine is the extremeley heavy one on the right.

Trader Vic's warehouse schwag scattered in my living room. I can spot a Trader Vic's bar stool, and on the coffee table I see a fogcutter mug, port and starboard mugs, coconut mugs still in their boxes, various restaurant ware, and some Mama Gruber swizzles and Christmas Menehunes, to name a few things. And a very tired TikiTastic.

Three more bar stools from San Francisco, one small and two large fish floats, giant clam shells, and a bag of ceramics, including a helmet shell mug, and menehune compote, and a pig mug. Oh, and Ray's NY tiki in the background, with his two other tikis as well, under safe lock and key here at Casa de Mai Tai, until he is ready to pick them up. Until then, they are mine. Mine, mine mine! (Just kidding, Ray. He knows where I live, and I understand he is fairly handy with a flaming rum molotov cocktail!).

So, wow, what a week! After a week of going to the warehouse, and then moving tikis all Friday evening, then moving furniture all weekend, along with various other tiki shenanigans, I am spent! My back is still a little sore, but my knees and shoulders are feeling better - more pain and suffering to the tiki gods. But I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Although my pocket book is stinging, my only regret is not having more money to partake in more of the amazing merchandise that the good folks at Trader Vic's made available for sale to us. Many thanks again to Kier, Michelie, and Eve, who were good enough sports to tolerate my shenanigans for more than a few days, and again to Eve for hopping into the van to help us load all those tikis! Talk about great customer service! Hats off to Mark Holt as well, for helping us move all of those tikis. It was indeed a week for the ages, tiki wise. I'm still floating on Cloud 9!!! Cheers!

Anything still left out there, now that I am in town? My timing on this business trip sucked.

Hmm... Yep, looks like TC folks are in action here...

:o :o :o

Stop it!! Stop it!! Stop, stop, STOP!! I cannot take reading this thread anymore. Far too painful to watch all this pillaging and not be one of the pillagers!

You will all burn in h...

... or because you have now emptied out your 401Ks for this sale, you will all declare bankruptcy sometime within the next year and will have to liquidate and we'll get some of those spoils at bargain prices! Yeah, that's it. I'm waiting.

I can't help but agree with GatorRob, this thread is nothing but depressing. We're just on the wrong coast at the wrong time. Oh well hopefully this sale is over and we can let them box it all up raiders of the lost ark style never to be sold again. :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/us/05tiki.html?ex=1362373200&en=df96c4f7a9cbbba2&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Wow, thanks for the link Martin. Tiki Central gets a mention in the NY Times... Props!
I think this sale will will go down in history and be spoken of with mythic reverence for generations.

On a similar note, does anyone have any pics of the D.C. Trader Vic's? It closed in '95 but when did it open?

Aloha,
:tiki:

The sale, which ended Friday, was mysteriously advertised only on a Web site called Tiki Central,

Oh Shit!

I better watch my P's and Q's!

New York Times???

Hey Martin!!?

Thanks for the " insane" quote!

lol! :wink:

Congratulations to everyone who was able to get some cool stuff for their respective tiki rooms. And thanks is due to Trader Vics too, for opening their doors to a select group of tiki fans.

Not only do I live on the wrong coast, but I was on vacation in India, placing myself almost halfway around the world from the Trader Vics Warehouse Sale when it was happening .... ouch!

Vern

Aloha TC Ohana!
Due to an overwhelming response created by the New York Times article, we have decided to open our doors for those that missed out the first time. We received many requests from people that are not affiliated with Tiki Central so we are continuing the sale for two days only at the end of March. We, of course, wanted to let you know as well, in case any of you wanted to come back "one more time" or for those of you who didn't make it the first time.
March 28th and 29th 11am-5pm.
Mahalo!
Kier and Michelie

Thank you Mai Tai ~ for the hokua (help) picking out stuff for me ~ that's Ohana! and MAHALO to the TVWarehousegirls for packing n shipping my stuff!

No problemo, dogBYTES! I hope you enjoy your schwag.

I can't help but wonder what Trader Vic's will do with all the stuff they don't sell at this sale? Keep it? Give it away? Dump it? Put it on eBay?

We'll be there on the 29th and then heading to FI and TV Emeryville for drinks! Who else is going?

[ Edited by: TikiHula 2008-03-20 10:16 ]

On 2008-03-20 10:14, TikiHula wrote:
We'll be there on the 29th and then heading to FI and TV Emeryville for drinks! Who else is going?

Hmmm... that sounds like a right fine idea. All depends on whether I "work from home" that day or not. :wink:
What time you thinking of hitting FI and TVs?
Aloha,
:tiki:

Not sure - I guess whenever we're done at the sale. We could give you a call...?

Quick question - what methods of payment are they accepting at the sale?
~Rupe

Here's what a few folks have told me on the funding -
Credit cards, checks and Cash!

Huzzah & Mahalo to all!
~Rupe

Nope, no cash.
Just kidding...
You are correct sir, Credit cards, Checks and the afore mentioned Cash were all acceptable forms of payment.
Aloha,
:tiki:

[ Edited by: tiki royale 2008-03-21 21:52 ]

For those of you going to Emeryville TV after the sale, we have a little coupon that you can take with you. Remember to ask us for it!
Kier and Michelie

On 2008-03-14 16:33, TVWarehousegirls wrote:
Aloha TC Ohana!
Due to an overwhelming response created by the New York Times article, we have decided to open our doors for those that missed out the first time. We received many requests from people that are not affiliated with Tiki Central so we are continuing the sale for two days only at the end of March. We, of course, wanted to let you know as well, in case any of you wanted to come back "one more time" or for those of you who didn't make it the first time.
March 28th and 29th 11am-5pm.
Mahalo!
Kier and Michelie

Ouch! there goes the rest of my savings account, see ya saturday .

So who's going on Friday?

Bugger... No "Work from home" today. I might try to make it over on Sat. My wallet would prefer it if I stay home. We'll see.
Aloha,
:tiki:

Just returned from the sale....it wasn't quite as big of a place as I was expecting! They had some cool stuff, but I have a feeling most of it was pillaged at the last sale. I ended up buying two wine glasses ($10 each! kinda steep!) and took home a few knic knacs that we weren't charged for, like chopsticks, a paddle boat cocktail swizzle stick, a Hinky Dinks Menu, and that cool TV's poster that someone posted a pic of here earlier. the prices were kinda high I thought, but it was still fun to roam around and check out everything and the ladies working were super nice. If I owned a house I would have investigated the glass floats cause I love those! quite a few people showed up after we had been there for a bit.

I missed the original warehouse sale, but managed to make it this past Saturday.
Took a few pics... so here we go...

Here's a look at some of what was still there.




And in case you're wondering... some of the prices!







I managed to snag one carved pole that came from the Osaka TV. There were others in better shape but this was the only one small enough to fit inside my beat up little Escort!

It's not in the best shape, but I'm happy to have it. The pole has about nine circular holes in it - which can be repaired and stained.

I was glad to have a second chance at the warehouse sale!

[ Edited by: Fres-tiki 2008-03-30 22:35 ]

[ Edited by: Fres-tiki 2008-03-30 22:37 ]

Hey, a lot of people scored a ton of Tikis (literally!) and other historic and collectible Trader VicÕs paraphernalia over the last two months. Maybe we could get together and celebrate!

LetÕs have some fun and give a little something back to Trader VicÕs! After all, the Trader VicÕs company made a decision to sell off this cache of Tiki supplies by offering it directly to their fans. They could have handed it over to an auction house or some other third party to sell for the highest price on ebay. So letÕs give a big thanks to Kier and ?? And everyone else at Trader VicÕs who helped out and who made the decision to make the warehouse sale a ÒTiki communityÓ event.

The reason we love this stuff and want to collect it and the reason it has sentimental value to us is that there Êactually IS a Trader VicÕs location to visit and enjoy.

So letÕs support our local Trader VicÕs and meet one night at the Emeryville location for Mai Tais and sharing of photos.

*So let's support our local Trader Vic's and meet one night at the Emeryville location for Mai Tais and sharing of photos. *

Great idea, I'll second the motion.

The Warehouse Sale Part Deux certainly was an unexpected treat. I didn't pick up as much this time 'round but I came away happy to have had the chance to revisit the warehouse. There seemed to be a good amount of shoppers this time too. Kier and Michelie were once again helpful and cheerful responding to the onslaught of tiki/Vic's fans. Many thanks to them for putting it all together, they did a fantastic job. I have to also mention the TV Warehouse Guys as well, they provided some much needed, and deeply appreciated, assistance with those heavy pieces.

Speaking of photos here's one of my favorites. It's Vic giving a single Isaac and hitting this uber cool drum they had at the warehouse (well, until Eve informs you otherwise, sigh).

The photo below is of one of the nice poles from Chicago that were available at the sale. There were two of these that stood in the hall outside the doors of the Chicago Vic's. Couple of lucky bastards walked away with these treasures on Friday.

Oooooh, how much for the....

fanboy midnite

I'd really like to see some more pics of where these treasures are now residing!
On a side note - are there any pics of the interiors of the Osaka Trader Vic's?

Grats to all those lucky looters!

I'm just jealous cause I missed it! again! lol

maybe there will be another in the future? :)

Well, I finally got around to joining TC so I thought I should post some pics of the Tikis I bought at the Trader Vics sale. They dont have a permanent location in my house yet, but when I convince my wife to remodel...
The first picture is the new asian tikis I bought including the one that seems to be everyones example of what they dont like about new asian tikis...oh well, I like it and am quite happy with it.

The second pic is of the vintage tikis. I am pretty sure that Kier told me that the tall one was from the New York location and the two shorter ones from the DC location.

-Don

So I'm trying to figure out why they are selling all of this when new locations are supposed to be opening>

unless its just to costly to transport them from there to the new locations.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

On 2008-05-28 19:19, don-tiki wrote:
The second pic is of the vintage tikis. I am pretty sure that Kier told me that the tall one was from the New York location and the two shorter ones from the DC location.

Sorry to say, but all the Tikis in the two photos above are of contemporary Asian origin.

don-tiki,

You may find this helpful...

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=27011&forum=5&hilite=atonement

Best of luck!

PTD

On 2008-05-29 14:11, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2008-05-28 19:19, don-tiki wrote:
The second pic is of the vintage tikis. I am pretty sure that Kier told me that the tall one was from the New York location and the two shorter ones from the DC location.

Sorry to say, but all the Tikis in the two photos above are of contemporary Asian origin.

That's too bad that they are all new. I guess it's a good thing I picked ones I liked rather than based on provenance. I suppose with as many tikis passing through the warehouse, it's easy to see how Kier might not remember which was which.
I will admit to not owning the Book of Tiki (maybe you can convince Taschen to reissue it so the price can come down a bit) which may hold the answers, but how do you identify the vintage of the tikis you see? Is it based off of carving style? type of wood? Any reading suggestions to learn a little more about this?
Thanks, Don

On 2008-05-29 09:31, bigtikidude wrote:
So I'm trying to figure out why they are selling all of this when new locations are supposed to be opening>

unless its just to costly to transport them from there to the new locations.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

where you been dude?? all the new trader vics are now discotheques!!! they have no use for tiki......that's why they are selling it...to pay for D.J.'s and fog machines!!

Tipsy,
well I know that what you say is partially true.

but I am holding my breath the the New TVs in Downtown LA will be somewhat old school looking.

but I will probably pass out, waiting, and it not be worth the wait.
but a guy can dream can't he?

Jeff(bigtikidude)

On 2008-05-29 19:20, bigtikidude wrote:
Tipsy,
well I know that what you say is partially true.

but I am holding my breath the the New TVs in Downtown LA will be somewhat old school looking.

but I will probably pass out, waiting, and it not be worth the wait.
but a guy can dream can't he?

Jeff(bigtikidude)

I hear you!!......they say chicago trader vics is comin' too!!!....

..and so is christmas!!!....

...and jesus!!!.......

..and lower taxes......!!!

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2008-05-29 20:26 ]

On 2008-02-27 10:40, bigbrotiki wrote:
OK...now, WHO got this one?:

On 2008-02-24 19:14, midnite_tiki wrote:
The above painting many will recognize from San Francisco. The carving on the right many may not. It sat in the front area at Cosmo Place. It was a bargain, and was sold. Not terribly interesting compared to others but a rather historical piece nonetheless.

Historical, indeed. Very appropriately placed right next to that painting, midnite, for in MY book, he should be considered TIKI ROYALTY. Among all the tons of stuff in that warehouse, this one would have been my "Rosebud".

In 20th Century Tiki history, there are only a few what I would call "arch-Tikis":
Tikis that were there during the Pre-Tiki era of Polynesian pop, or at the BIRTH of the Tiki-era, and thus were the forefathers of Tiki. Looking back, I would name Picasso's Marquesan Tiki for instance
( http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=27442&forum=2&vpost=363189 ) ,
and Don The Beachcomber's Cannibal Carvings come to mind...then the iconic Tiki Bob Tiki, which marks perhaps THE turning point of the TIKI becoming the icon of Polynesia...but before him came THIS seemingly mundane, simple fellow.

He was one of the two FIRST entry way Tikis ever, serving as guardian not only at that hub of urban Tiki, Trader Vic's San Francisco on Cosmo Place (above), but these figures did the same at the mother ship of Vic's empire, the original Oakland Trader Vic's ! :

(See BOT p.82 for the original Hinky Dinks hut evolving into the above)

There is a different, very nice original rendering of the Oakland location by "Kay" on the wall at the Emeryville T.V.s that shows these two Tikis even better, done in a style like this:

Imagine the hordes of revelers that these two Tikis must have seen enter and leave those two Tiki power places!
But before I go any further, aside from its historic value, isn't the Tiki's style kind of artless and boring? Allow me to disagree. It is exactly in lime with the early 20th Century modernist influence that I describe in Tiki Modern, look at this 1910 piece of Brancusi...

...and this famous Man Ray:

...honing down the face to its basic lines, returning to the beginning of man's expression: modern primitivism! This Tiki's simplicity is an early example of one of the trademark's of Tiki style, modernist stylization. One of the same style can be seen in this interior of Vic's first franchise in Seattle (BOT p.86)...

...right behind the maitre d'. Was this a THIRD Tiki? And where did they come from? Now here is a Tiki very much like it:

Posing with it is our favorite Miss Hawaii. This one seems to have been standing in the Fern Forest National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii:

He was raised to further prominence by having the illustrious Martin Denny Group pose with it:

I have been dying to find out who carved it, and what happened to it, but had no luck so far...

I estimate that Vic got these Tikis from Hawaii around the late 40s, early 50s, when there was NO American Tiki to be had yet, and Vic was also importing big head Marquesans and Tiki posts from Tahiti for his early franchises. Back then, the Hula girl was the prevalent icon of Polynesia...but the first Tikis began to appear, like on this 1953 invite. This makes this guy one of the earliest logo Tikis in Polynesian pop:

Whoever got this guy (Martin?) knew his Tiki stuff, congrats. I never considered going up there to the sale, because my Leipzig job evaporated, and I am currently not buying, rather will I have to start selling...but this would have been one baby that would have tempted me.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-27 10:46 ]

Sorry for the long quote, but otherwise there would be no context for my reply since Sven's post is buried in this long thread. Anyhoo, here's another picture of one of these early tikis that should be added to the collection:

EDIT: Maybe this topic deserves its own thread?

EDIT 2 (I can't stop!): Based on the fern and rock placement, this appears to be the exact same tiki as the one above with Miss Hawaii.

[ Edited by: GatorRob 2008-07-02 05:13 ]

[ Edited by: GatorRob 2008-07-02 05:19 ]

Once again, the same tiki. Same photo shoot as before.

WHOOOO carved them !!?

I seriously can't believe that for the last 3 years I engaged to a woman that didn't dig the tiki, and I completely missed out on this!!
Now she's gone, nearly all the Trader Vic's are gone, and this warehouse sale is GONE!!!!

Anyone out there have a Starboard Light glass they don't need?

-T.J.

They had another sale last September. I drove down from Portland for it. Had a great tiki weekend and came home with many tiki treasures.

I guess this Topic should really be about the Trader Vic warehouse sales and the items people have picked up from them or if they are gonna have another.
Well, crazy collector Psycho Tiki D posted a cool postcard of "The Coconut Palm Garden" at Don The Beachcombers in Hawaii over in the collecting Tiki thread.

I noticed something in it that I didn't really hear too much about being posted here before. Check out this picture:

Look in the foliage off to the right, just under the palm tree, and you see that same mysterious Tiki that has got alot of talk on here and has had alot of famous pictures taken! In alot of the posts where these images of the Tiki are taken, I never noticed any mention of Don the Beachcombers before. Maybe it's just me, I may have missed it. I don't have one of those cards so I am not sure if it says where the pictures were taken on the back.

I think this is the same Tiki and the same spot alot of the above posted pictures and postcards came from. Still doesn't help with who carved them but probably a local Hawaiian carver.

This topic probably does deserve it's own thread just to see how many shots and how much info. we can actually find out about this style of Tiki and this famous spot. Even though there is alot of info. on this thread!

Mahalo, TabooDan