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Vintage Brass Tiki Bookends
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drasticwagon
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03/26/2009
I have these laying around , can anyone tell me something on them? Entertaining Offers. [ Edited by: drasticwagon 2009-03-25 19:17 ] |
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tikiauction
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03/26/2009
it's maori in origin. i believe they are ancestral figures. are they carved into the stand, or did they hack off the carvings and glued them onto the stands? [ Edited by: tikiauction 2009-03-25 20:21 ] |
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LOL Tiki
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03/26/2009
It looks like they may be copper. |
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tikiauction
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03/26/2009
doh! it says brass on the title. i cain't read. so therefore they must not have been carved into the stand. :wink: |
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drasticwagon
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03/26/2009
They are actually seperate if you notice there is a hole on the top of each one that is missing a nail/screw. |
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drasticwagon
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03/26/2009
They are actually seperate if you notice there is a hole on the top of each one that is missing a nail/screw. |
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TabooDan
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03/26/2009
I think those are nicest, most detailed Tiki Book ends I have ever seen!! TabooDan |
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bigbrotiki
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03/27/2009
I agree. Seeing these begs the question why one does not see more Maori metal work, and shows its kinship to elaborate turn-of-the-century (and art nouveaux) ornament. |
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Tipsy McStagger
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03/27/2009
i put in my offer days ago and have yet to hear back...propably due to issues big bro mentioned above about the message system here..... anyway.....like bob dylan used to say.... " lay lady lay.....lay across my big brass bookends"!!!!! " In a perfect world...Elvis would still be alive ....and all the elvis impersonators would be dead!!" [ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-03-27 05:17 ] |
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tikiauction
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03/27/2009
@tipsy (and others?), good luck with the bid. these things look museum quality. @DW: what is the provenance if you don't mind sharing (besides the fact that they are from new zealand). :wink: i'm almost certain they didn't start out life as a bookstand. looks to be original 19th century maori metalwork or a pretty damn good repro. |
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Bongo Bungalow
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03/27/2009
Too bad about the holes punched in them. |
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drasticwagon
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03/28/2009
I just caught the PMs. I'll let the bidding ride for awhile and maybe try to research and find a value on them and go from there. Thanks , I really like them too so will see if the bids make me happier. [ Edited by: drasticwagon 2009-03-27 20:30 ] [ Edited by: drasticwagon 2009-03-27 20:30 ] |
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