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Hula girl motion lamps
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Tiki Shaker
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11/02/2008
Does anybody know of a good place (online) to purchase Hula girl motion lamps? I prefer them to have a bronze/vintage look, not brightly painted. I bought my brother one about 10 years ago and he broke it, so I'm looking to find him a knew one for Xmas. |
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1961surf
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11/02/2008
Are you looking for vintage or reproduction? |
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Tiki Shaker
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11/03/2008
Reproduction. My brother has a habit of breaking stuff, so buying a vintage one would probably be a disaster. I assume the repro's are a lot cheaper, so it wont be as bad if it breaks. |
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420greg
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11/03/2008
My wife and I went on to this store while on the Big Island in March. He had a good collection of both new and vintage hula lamps. Be ready to spend, as the cheapest one we saw in the store was $895, shade NOT included. |
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leleliz
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11/03/2008
I got both of mine from here and love them. |
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gonzo
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11/03/2008
While you guys are talking. I have two of the old lamps and I fixed one with parts I ordered from a guy in Hawaii. I wanted to fix the other and alas the guy no longer sells the parts. I need the gears in the top end and a hula skirt. Is anyone selling these any more? Thanks |
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1961surf
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11/04/2008
There are several people in Hawaii that deal with and sell parts.Is your hula |
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Murph
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11/04/2008
I ordered one of the 54" Hula Motion Lamps from these guys and was really happy! |
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gonzo
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11/04/2008
Yes its the dodge spelter headache style. I havent seen parts available in a while. Thanks |
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1961surf
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11/16/2008
Gonzo ,not my ebay auction but this guy is in So Cal and sounds like |
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12/12/2008
I got a hula lamp from a friend years ago and have tried to find out more about it. It looks alot like the Dodge lamps that I often see, but the base is a brown bakelite material with a Sessions clock movement. Has anyone seen one like this before? I have a couple photos posted here: http://www.solomonson.net/Images/hula.lamp.jpg Thanks for looking and any help you can give me. Craig |
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1961surf
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12/15/2008
You mean like this ??? What do you want to know? |
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quickiki
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12/15/2008
The antique style lamps, which are spelter or white metal are considered pretty fragile because the white metal is not particularly strong. Many of the Dodge lamps on eBay are often repaired or broken but there seems to be a few people out there specializing in repairing them. Of the repros, the vast majority that I know of are painted resin. I've seen these painted a bronze color as well, but they definitely don't look like the antique kind. I did at one time purchase a hula lamp through eBay that was a Charles Moore creation (see hulalamps.com or Hula Lamps of Hawaii for more info). These lamps in my opinion, are superior in construction to all other repros and the old Dodge types as well. His lamps are cast bronze and are more like a fine art sculpture as opposed to strictly a table lamp per se, but he does have a couple of styles that resemble the old Dodge style. Plus his mechanisms are quiet and very smooth. You can also purchase his lamps with various shade styles, all of which are very nicely detailed and not cheap looking like the resin styles. Retail, these lamps go for about $900 I think, but occasionally they pop up on eBay. I bought mine for about $400 and it was in perfect shape. Here's one on eBay (not my auction) that's a little nicked up, but is in the old Dodge style. [ Edited by: quickiki 2008-12-15 11:28 ] |
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1961surf
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12/17/2008
Charles Moore does nice work, however the skirts and shades are not even close Aloha- Trader Bill [ Edited by: 1961surf 2008-12-17 12:41 ] |
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Big Kahuna
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12/18/2008
WOW! Surf, those are some great lamps! How many did you keep? |
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1961surf
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12/18/2008
I have a few , and several for sale . |
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1961surf
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03/23/2010
Here are several more I currently own .Dodge Spelter head ache style late 30's hula lamps. SOLD..... SOLD..... SOLD on 5-21-10 [ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-06-03 18:09 ] |
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1961surf
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05/22/2010
Mahalos ...Dodge Spelter hula lamp SOLD 5-21-10. |
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TIKI DAVID
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05/24/2010
needs retored ,but everything works. |
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1961surf
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05/24/2010
Lots of $$$ to make that lamp proper , and authentic. [ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-05-23 21:54 ] |
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TIKI DAVID
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05/24/2010
How do you figure that? |
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1961surf
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05/24/2010
First the shade is all wrong .Look at the shade on my lamps, those are period correct |
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TIKI DAVID
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05/25/2010
YEA, I know about the shade . It's from an old WITCO lamp I've got.A little |
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TIKI DAVID
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05/25/2010
another question; |
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1961surf
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05/25/2010
No TikiDavid there were different styles by different mfg.Actually your hands down versin [ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-05-26 17:52 ] |
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1961surf
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07/07/2010
This would be considered one of the holy grailles of vintage hula lamps .
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craigtiki
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11/22/2010
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craigtiki
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11/22/2010
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craigtiki
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11/22/2010
Hi, |
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1961surf
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11/22/2010
I received your PM and sent you one back craigtiki . |
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mermaid1111
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07/22/2017
I have a Dodge, but the skirt is shorter than I've seen on others. Are Dodge lamps from the 30's or 40's, and what can anyone tell me about the skirts being different lengths from one lamp to the next? |
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