Beyond Tiki Finds

First it amazes me what people sell at garage sales. Especially where I live. I guess its easier to do that then go through the hassle of Ebay or similar avenues.

Those lamps would look great around a rattan sofa. Especially if you could find a corner rattan table to prop one on. I have about 9 vintage lamps...which is kind of ridiculous because I live in an apt so most of them are in a closet :wink: But I only display 2 ceramic black panther ones whose shades need to be relaced. Oh the glory of vintage!

Those are mighty fine and its amazing what you can stumble across.

Just got home from some thrift store crusin'. Picked up a couple of things. A nice print. I can't make out the name. I think it says Sam Amian 93 and under that Eu haczeia oe. I love the print.

Also my weakness for coconut carving heads. I think this one is a professor!!

KK

That's a Gauguin, "Ia Haere ia Oe" (Where do you go?)

On 2009-05-11 21:09, Paipo wrote:
That's a Gauguin, "Ia Haere ia Oe" (Where do you go?)

Thanks Paipo....I really love it.

KK

Local Hot Rod guy showed up at my store today with this in the trunk of his '55 Chevy. Said he was sick of moving it around the garage & I could have it if I wanted it. DUH! No brainer! Now I need to get it open so I can replace the Village People era title cards with something more kool!


Between this & my Tiki finds, it's been a great week!

RIck I think I hate you :wink:

Yeah, me too. Does anyone else think that juke box has a futuristic Moai quality to it? Nice find!

Liz, that hurts! Just when I thought we were bonding! The juke does have a kinda Moai-like profile. Is there such a thing as Polynesian Doo-Wop? Where's Brian Setzer when you need him? He can play anything. I'll bet he could muster up some Rapa Nui Doo-Wop!

:). Well we may have an influx of tiki at times over near me but some of the things you post in this thread ,Rick, get me drooling ! To make it up to me feel free to send me that teal vinyl telephone table you snagged a couple pages back and we can go back to being friends!

Usually, I give a woman at least one reason to slap me, before she says she hates me!

HEY! One more post til 500!!!!!

[ Edited by: Big Kahuna 2009-05-17 17:26 ]

I've found one fine drummer dude:

Found these over the weekend...

Musical Pirate Gun(blunderbuss) Decanter..It plays "How Dry I Am" song. Missing a front display stick that inserts into the stand. Im going to fix it though, since the seller only wanted $2 for it.

Not sure if this chrome blowdryer is 1940s or 1950s...It was too clean to pass up though...$12 and it works.

Found a couple of c.1940s waffle makers that were filthy, but cleaned up like new with some polish. Same goes for the c.1930s art deco toaster oven, that is made out of aluminum. Bought the two waffle makers off of the same seller for $17. The art deco toaster cost me $12 from another seller. All are in working condition.

I love the toaster oven's look...It was a bakelite/chrometastic weekend. :lol:

MMMMMM, waffles! Great stuff, Tom. Do you have a period kitchen to put that stuff in?

Hey BK, Thanks!
In answer to your question...

No, but I do have a kitchen, period. :lol: hahaha...

Ok, enough of the lame jokes...
Actually, I guess I am headed in that direction since it seems, I have been buying quite a few 1930s-1960s small kitchen appliances lately. It is weird because, I was on a forever dryspell, and then come Sunday, there were deals to be made and merchandise of interest to buy. Now, I just fear it will be another month or so, before my next post! :roll:

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2009-05-19 21:12 ]

On 2009-05-02 16:32, Mr. NoNaMe wrote:

Not bad for a Mexican tasting beer from Guatamala.

I've had it. Guess what color Romulans pee...

Live Long and Rehydrate.

found these at a church resale store,two 1950's russell woodward sculptra wire mesh patio chairs with sling legs.

anyone know where i can get replacement cushions?

"Pets are welcome,Children 'MUST' be on leash" TD

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2009-05-20 07:47 ]

Found this $3 estate find two weeks ago, but just now getting around to taking pics..




Literally, new in the box. Wind him up and it has breathing motion, and growls, while trying to kick the bee off of his foot...The Dog just wants to take a siesta...As he tilts his head back and yawns...from the 1950's, and predates the Cragstan identical copy called "Mechanical Lazy Bones; The Sleepy Pup".

Newest member of the family. Twenty bucks at a tag sale & Yes, it works!

On 2009-05-23 20:03, Big Kahuna wrote:
Newest member of the family. Twenty bucks at a tag sale & Yes, it works!

Awesome find!
and I'm glad you're dressed.

On 2009-05-23 22:18, Heath wrote:

Awesome find!
and I'm glad you're dressed.

haha!

Heath the same thing crossed my mind!

Although then we may have to refer to Rick as "Kinda on the Small Size" Kahuna.

:wink:

OK, Heath. I don't know what I find more disturbing; that picture or the fact that you had it ready to go! Anyway, my Star Devils T-shirt reflects nicely, doesn't it? Great band, by the way, I highly recommend them. Ah, Liz! I love the way you sweet talk.
Yours Truly,
Ginormous Kahuna
:lol:

SWeet find, bk! If that were here in CA, youd need a digital converter box....

I could only get one Spanish channel in & next month I'm gonna need a converter here anyway, so I'll get one this week.

I'm pretty sure that honey blonde colored cabinet is fairly hard to come by in TV finds...I've looked at many of sets/consoles and never saw one in that color...Really clean score for $20...Let me know how that converter plays out for you!

I've poked around a little bit on the web,(when I can pull myself away from TC!), & it does appear to be harder to find than say, the mahogany version. It really is in nice shape & you shoulda seen the years of tar & nicotine I cleaned off of it! I'll be sure to report back on the converter box.

OK ,who knows anything about chalk ware?
the SHERIFF and the DEPUTY.
E BORMAN @1947

OK ,then how about this ,any vintage porn buffs in the house?
I scored a couple boxes
(about the size of check book mailer from you bank printer.) at a estate sale, each contain 4 reels of 8mm movies 'peep show' stamped on the package.
the mailing label " from
MOVIE CLUB GUILD
MAGNOLIA PARK STATION
BURBANK,CALIFORNIA
The post mark date, Sept. 24 '59'
any one ,any one?

"Pets are welcome,Children 'MUST' be on leash" TD

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2009-05-29 12:40 ]

In the past 5 years I think I have bought maybe 3 things off Ebay. These were one of them.

Pair of mirrored display boxes from the 50s. Including shipping the total price was less than $60. I plan on using them to display my Coco Joes and Hula girls. Holla!

Picked up a few things today.

A cool sailfish carving

Some carvings by S. Haas...according to the shop proprietor an eastern european carver who came to America in the 40's and then went to the pacific and south America in the 50's and 60's and did lots of carvings. Could not find anything online yet about him but S. Haas and S.H. are on the carvings.

$3.00 worth of repair materials.

And a cool little rattan shelf.

A good day.

KK

Tikidavid...Love the lamps!!!

Leleliz...great shadow boxes. Post some pics when they are on the wall!!!

KK

Liz, those are killer! Here's one I picked up for $3.00 last year at a trailer park yardsale. I was thinkin' of filling it with hula girls, but I also inherited my mom's S&P collection, so maybe I'll do that on the non-tiki side. I got all mom's stuff from the 50's. My sister doesn't get "the whole vintage thing". She says "it's just old stuff" & she'd rather have new. She doesn't get the greasy hair & the sideburns either, but I think she could grow them if she wanted to.

Thank you--I gotta go buy a hammer so I can hang 'em :wink: I think there is a thrift in town that sells hammers for like $1 so I am swinging by there tomorrow so I will take a pic once they are hung and filled up.

KK good carvings you found. I think your tiki room should be coming along grandly. Let us know how its looking on that thread you started.

BK jealous of the price of your box. I actually have another box that I just got a few weeks ago but my friend is fixing the mirror so I will post that when I get it back.

Whenever I am out thrifting I always pick up S & Ps esp if there is only 1 lone shaker by itself. Never pay more than $0.75 for a single or $ 1 for a pair. I also pick up those toothpick holders and any other little trinket like Statue of Liberty lighters.

This is like 1/20 of what I have. Shakers and misc tourist trinkets that I find. My favorite are lame like the feet that say :"I walked my feet off in Canada

I am waiting to inherit about 300 sets of shakers from my Grandmother when she passes away. Oh how I love the clutter!

(oh and NO ONE give me crap about those horrible tiki shakers. They were one of those "tiki" gifts from a friend that I got not too long ago. Its the thought that counts, right?)

Now, I can display my blue whale S&Ps proudly! I'll post pics when it's hung & filled.

Wall plaques from the 50s. They have a 3D gravel effect and are each over a foot long.

Here are those shadow boxes filled up. Not too happy with how jumbled everything is but whatever. I am afraid that they will fall off the walls so I tried not to stick a bunch of heavy stuff in them.

I was able to clear up enough room on my shelves to get some of my mug collection off the ground. Lord I need more room!

GROG go to paper fair in Glendale and GROG get these:

August 1954 Coronet Magazine with awesome illustrated cover on front, and a
Camel Cigarette ad with John Wayne smoking a cigarette on back.

A 1951 Freeman Elliot pin up calendar in great condition.

if you like pin-up girls and have art skills you should check and see if there is a dr. sketchy's near you.

http://www.drsketchy.com/

I went to the flea market and pretty much scored...I got a set of bedside end tables(double tierd) for $20..They have brass feet and brass wired magazine holders underneath the tabletop.
Then we scored a Heywood-Wakefield lounge type chair, with tag still attached for $30. Not sure what model it is, but I'm picking it up tomorrow, and taking photos.

3 old Hamms Beer items including a Hamms stuffed Bear, a 3d molded bear holding sign(broken ear), and a Hamms on tap celuloid for a light most likely.

A homemade looking clock that works, and is still in the box of Sambo's Restaurants.

Then my favorite find, even though it was in rough condition...An old Aluminum Pabst display. It needs to either be welded or aluminum soldered, and I'll probably repaint it to original specs. This whole lot for $20 from the same seller, who had hundreds of boxes to dig through.

There was more stuff, but I was already near broke! $70 later, and I felt fine!

I also picked up a hood ornament for a 56 chevy for $10...pitted, but still nice looking for my wall.

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2009-06-04 07:46 ]

Tom you buy a lot of crap :wink: Kidding my friend.

I sold that same PBR display on Ebay for over $200 but it was pretty near mint.

Good haul. Also your post reminds me that I found something for ya at a thrift that I got to send to ya.

[ Edited by: leleliz 2009-06-02 22:11 ]

haha, thanks Liz! :P I'm a popkulture kind of guy, what can I say?! It seriously makes me mad when I go out hunting, because I cannot keep focus on just one facet of collecting...There are just too many things that were cool, that I have to get em all! And those PBR metal displays do go for a chunk of change! I've always wanted the one I got because I like to drink Pabst, and they are so cool looking! Anyhow here are the chair and shelf, I picked up today. can't see it, but the shelf has an atomic age feel to it, and has a starburst type logo on sides..

Anyone know what name style this chair is considered? I don't know much about it, other than the colors and slope were nice. The bottom has springs attached to thin steel rails for butt support. And now I'm wondering what Liz found that reminded her of me :-? ...haha...Rubber poop? :lol:

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2009-06-03 12:09 ]

Tom I hear ya on the mass collecting. I bought the same shelf unit awhile ago but it was kinda beat up so I spray painted it black.

Good finds and great deal on the chair.

Rubber poop--nah not quite--but it may have something to do with Mickey Mouse.

Dont get excited it was something that made me laugh when I saw it. Will be in the mail tomorrow.

Picked this Mid-Century display case up at an auction a couple of weeks back. Finally got it reassembled, cleaned & filled (for now).:

Really love that case--even though its hard to see what it looks like with all your crap all over it :)

In case you haven't noticed, I love crap!

Yeah I have noticed! I dub your place "Crap-villa" ...and my place "Crap-tastic" and together we could make a "Crap-empire" and rule the world!

It is a cool display case regardless Big Crappy Kahuna :wink:

[ Edited by: leleliz 2009-06-07 21:58 ]

If this is the case of name changes, then I now deem myself CrapTOMic, on this thread, and my living space shall be known as Ca$a dé ¢rapopolis... :lol:

BK, I just used 5 GIANT tubs(w/rollers) and cleared all my Hot rod/lowrider/custom styled HotWheels collection away. I had over 500 hanging on my wall alone on 10 of those diecast display frames, and at last count, my total collection was in the 1,500 range...I already had 7 smaller boxes and tub containers put away full of diecast goodies. I had been collecting HW since 1999, but unfortunately only own a very few redline versions.

Liz, on the tiki finds thread, that Trader Vics ashtray is sweet. I've been looking for that one for a while, but haven't been able to find one in an acceptable price range.

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2009-06-08 09:30 ]

Tom, the cars you see in the case are all slot cars, except for the station wagon & trailer. I've managed to keep my Hot Wheels obsession limited to traditional Rods & Kustoms with a few vintage race cars thrown in. Til next time, I'm Count Crapula & this is my crap!