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TSW

[ Edited by: The Sperm Whale 2010-06-14 10:28 ]
TB

Aloha,
I couldn't resist to show you something I could never imagine.
When I saw it.. it was like I was dreaming or something. :) You have to imagine the situation...:
I saw this huge tiki in the meedle of a sort of fleemarket (Brocante) in Paris. I was totally in admiration then the guy who wass salling this piece probably tought I was kind of crazy :D :D anyway.. I couldn't took it.. even I would probably find some incredible force to hold it, and take the bus :wink:.. the guy wanted 6000 euros for it.
I just said ... mmmh I think i'm gonna think about it! :D :D

so instead I took this one for 3 euros :wink:
BB

Very cool Tiki Bai! Thanks for sharing the pictures and I like your lamp!
TB

thank you :)
and... ohh! and I forgot this one :)
A

Another couple of finds from Bangkok..

..found on roadside blanket stall on the way to Chatuchak weekend market, a nice but dusty Coco Joes Lono, a bit pricy at 100 baht. I turned down the earth covered freshly dug up Human skull at the next stall and continued up to the market. Where I found this horror..

..my wife call it "the most ugly tiki mug ever" and "its not good enough to go on the shelves with your others".

This hideous item is the ultimate example of tiki devolution, a cheap hacked wood tourist tiki depicted wearing sunglasses on a beer stein. Its also an example of how imperfect ceramics made in Thailand get sold of to the local market.
B

Had a few nice finds in the past couple months here in Nebraska...

Here is a HUGE mask I found, a little crude, but I kinda like it..

New mugs, etc..

Two great ship wreck paintings by an artist named PAVAN..

This was my prize, though, a HUGE box, almost like a time capsule from a 1977 family trip to Hawaii, menus, nakpins, match books, maps, flyers, stir sticks, luggage tags, brochures, tons of cool stuff...all for $6. :)






Close up of the drink menus, one from the Polynesian Palace and one from United Airlines Royal Hawaiian...
T

I found these two witco looking tables at a thrift store today. I have read about witco in Tiki Modern and seen many pieces but am not an expert. These two tables are heavy and well made and do not appear to be made by a typical do it yourself-er. Can anyone help with the time period or maker? I don't have a clue. I liked the look and will put them in my tiki bar.
L

On 2010-06-14 12:20, mfachman wrote:

Two great ship wreck paintings by an artist named PAVAN..

Love these prints but are you going to reframe them? The shiny frames don't do the pieces justice...maybe a rough wood frame perhaps?

The Hawaii vacation stuff is pretty cool too. Good finds on those!
B

On 2010-06-14 12:53, leleliz wrote:

On 2010-06-14 12:20, mfachman wrote:

Two great ship wreck paintings by an artist named PAVAN..

Love these prints but are you going to reframe them? The shiny frames don't do the pieces justice...maybe a rough wood frame perhaps?

Thank you, I was thinking the same thing, a nice burled witco style frame would be perfect. I think they are actual paintings from what I can tell and not prints. :)
N

Here are my finds from Saturday.

Nothing spectacular. Paid too much for the Tikinator but he had to be rescued under the No Tiki Left Behind policy. And how about that Ice-O-Mat in avocado!
C

good job rescuing that mug. I'm sure it's thankful for a new home!
C

I just SAVED these guys from the Goodwill! 3.99 for the set of Trader Vic's Coconut mugs with the print, 3.99 for the single Trader Vic's with no print, and 3.99 for the Orchids of Hawaii Bowl!! SCORE!!
TS

On 2010-06-14 13:17, mfachman wrote:

On 2010-06-14 12:53, leleliz wrote:

On 2010-06-14 12:20, mfachman wrote:

Two great ship wreck paintings by an artist named PAVAN..

Love these prints but are you going to reframe them? The shiny frames don't do the pieces justice...maybe a rough wood frame perhaps?

Thank you, I was thinking the same thing, a nice burled witco style frame would be perfect. I think they are actual paintings from what I can tell and not prints. :)

You might be able to do it on the cheap...Just sand down those frames to wood, get a hand blow torch or pencil torch and line burn some random areas, then stain or varnish the frames. Good way to reuse with a different look.
T

On 2010-06-05 07:34, bigbrotiki wrote:
Man, I want that first shirt so bad, it is composed of all the matchbooks in the Book of Tiki!

He Sven...found another matchbook tiki shirt.The size is "Large" and no charge for this...Early Christmas present! I'll pm you for your address.
M

I found some cool chairs at an estate sale last weekend!
They still have the paper mfg. tag on them...
They were made by Sears Roebuck and Company!!
There is no date though...I'm thinking sometime in the 60s.
Any ideas??



Also a friend found this for me at a differnt estate sale!!
It has 3 different faces and is made in japan.
Thanks



[ Edited by: Meheadhunter 2010-06-16 18:41 ]
C

On 2010-06-16 18:26, Meheadhunter wrote:
I found some cool chairs at an estate sale last weekend!
They still have the paper mfg. tag on them...
They were made by Sears Roebuck and Company!!
There is no date though...I'm thinking sometime in the 60s.
Any ideas??



Also a friend found this for me at a differnt estate sale!!
It has 3 different faces and is made in japan.
Thanks



[ Edited by: Meheadhunter 2010-06-16 18:41 ]

THOSE CHAIRS ARE AMAZING!!
T

Nice Finds HeadHunter.
M

Thanks....I wish I had 2 more and a matching table!
That would be awesome!!
C

On 2010-06-16 22:41, Meheadhunter wrote:
Thanks....I wish I had 2 more and a matching table!
That would be awesome!!

I found a Vintage Mid-Century Bar that has that EXACT print!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/fuo/1791906700.html
M

Very cool...
to bad I'm so far from there..
I would buy it!!
C

Ah I just saw Kansas! I'm on the fence about buying them myself.. maybe I will and I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled for those chairs!
M

Someone may have snagged them up already!!
Better Hurry!!
T

Went to an Estate sale and got blanked. Stopped by a thrift store in OC and found a few things so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
A Daga mug, "Maui Lu Resort", two Treasure Craft Volcanoes and a wooden carved Hawaii 50th State" mug.
1

Vintage Hawaiian lighter in original box with it's own butane filler adapter.
TWD

found today at the local flea Market
the little tabel i paid 5 bucks for and on the bottom its Marked.. Okla? 1943 South Sea Art? hard to read
and thats a 1974 U.S. Open/ United airlines (somebody drank all the hooch )
1

Kill table CJ ....nice carve detail in that sucka.
L

Never find much of anything around Charlotte, but today had some luck.

Two all shelves (more asian, but think they'll be nice with some mugs on them) and a couple two faced glasses. I have never seen them painted like this before, but it appears to be original. All four pieces $4

Found the pineapple and ice-o-matic at a yard sale ($3) and the tiki came from my in-laws as a gift for watching their dogs for a few days. It's a tourist tiki from Myrtle Beach, SC, carved in Philippines. At first I thought the pineapple was from Treasure Craft, but the sticker on the bottom says Made in Philippines.

It was a happy day here. :)
B

I just found this set from the 70s while i was hanging around the net.

Isn't it great and colorfull.
B

Those wild and crazy Germans ! :)

Unter uns, das is'n indianscher Totem, und Farbe auf Tikis is meist zu vermeiden.
M

Not the most impressive find, but for me, any find is an accomplishment. The mug is what I've always known as the Trader Vic's Fog Cutter (made, I believe, by Minnesota's own Red Wing pottery), but based on the markings this was somone's own glazing project back in 1970.
UR

I just got back home from a weeks vacation of fishing, swimming, girl watching and a little tiki hunting in Destin, Fla.
At a flea market I picked up some Japan made Orchids of Hawaii stuff and at a thrift store I found the Disney Polynesian Village mug.
What is the brown mug called, since it doesnt have an "R"# ?
The salt and pepper shakers still have perfect "Made in Japan" paper stickers.
There were 2 other R-5's with this one, but they had problems with their glazing, so I left them for another treasure hunter.
T

Nice finds USAF. BTW, thanks for your service to our great country.

While searching Craigslist today, I found a thrift shop advertising a "Pele" Tiki mug from Disneyland. I called the guy and he still had it. I drove the thirty miles and picked it up. No Cracks or defects. After I wash it, I am making a drink for my wife for giving me such a wonderful Father's day. She gave me a limited edition Appleton Rum Tiki mug designed by Crazy Al and made by Tiki Farm.

Happy Father's Day to all you lucky enough to be a Dad.
BPB

New stuff:

A couple ClayArt mugs

Orchids R-71 and a Frat/Sorority mug from 2001

Kona coffee mill mug

Pair of Hawaiian lava heads:

Large CocoJoe's

Smaller CocoJoes

HIP Happy God with tag:

Wood Hawaii tiki

Milo Wood Tiki perfume bottle

Easter Island book:

One of those old school postcard on plywood Hawaiian plaques:

I bought it because I thought it was funny that the picture they used shows a guy getting snaked:

"Come all the way to Hawaii to let this guy take your wave!"

Buzzy Out!
PTD

Slow day...


Not really finds...my eBay purchase from leleliz!



Inter Island Resorts paper items.



Royal Hawaiian/United Airlines Menu.


3 vintage wooden skateboards (2 Roller Derby and 1 Zipees) with clay wheels. Are skateboards tiki? They were for me back in the late 60's and early 70's when I skated and had a tiki necklace!

Later,

PTD
N

Cheapo tiki key chains, they look like they came from a gum machine.
PTD

Purchased this guy about an hour ago...


A Barney West tiki. 42" tall and very heavy!


Image from another post on Barney West.

Great day for a tiki collector!

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2010-06-21 16:00 ]
B

Hey wait a minnit, that IS him !!! I misjudged his height in the other thread, and thought these guys were taller, but comparing the two, I have little doubt:

Hey man, double provenance: An original Barney West, AND pictured in the Book of Tiki ! :) Congrats, you deserve it for your tenacious search and rescue work. Very exciting!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-06-21 16:48 ]
TB

Suh-weet - congrats PTD!
B

Here's what I've found lately:

Mugs and glasses: TV USA coconut to replace the one my cat broke; beer stein that goes with the matching coffee set; nice zombie glasses, Taiwanese Orchid-style moai

Some Maori stuff: shoe brush (which actually belonged to my grandma - she had it for decades); small statue; even smaller bottle opener

I figured this small mask was PNG, but I'm not completely sure. If anyone can clarify, please do!

Tapa-patterned cheese board, now in use for cutting limes and lemons!

I "found" these Tiki Farm mugs on Sunday morning as Father's Day gifts from my wife and baby!
S

On 2010-06-21 15:58, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Purchased this guy about an hour ago...

Hey D, GREAT FIND! I know our methods often need to be kept secret, but now that you've got him I'm really interested in the story behind this find. Please enlighten, if you care to.
PTD

On 2010-06-22 05:51, SilverLine wrote:

On 2010-06-21 15:58, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Purchased this guy about an hour ago...

Hey D, GREAT FIND! I know our methods often need to be kept secret, but now that you've got him I'm really interested in the story behind this find. Please enlighten, if you care to.

Having collected items for nearly my entire life, my story isn't really any different than anyone else's I would imagine?

I spend countless hours searching craigslist, garage sale ads, I walk antique and collector shows and of course, check threads here.

This particular find find was a result of contacting a seller on craigslist. I am up early every morning checking CL and the listing I had replied to had been posted on Sunday afternoon. Since I didn't see until the following morning, I was pretty sure it had already been sold, since items such as this sell briskly in our area. Not knowing what is was also perplexing. For some reason, I was the first to respond to the ad and the first to be contacted. I responded at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, didn't hear back from the seller until 2:30 p.m. My homework already been completed, it was just a matter of going over and paying for it. Still quite shocked no one responded before me.

We also have ads posted on craigslist from out of area buyers who post ads such as this we have to contend with:

http://stockton.craigslist.org/wan/1716291413.html

in Northern California areas us locals cringe at when we seem them and they are usually flagged for overposting or posting out of area. Often times sellers will ask me about these ads and it appears it has been successful for the person posting it. I tried one similar locally some time back but never really found much as a result. Lots of monkeypod and low end items, nothing significant though.

So, long story short; this was the result of a craigslist ad. Gotta love craigslist!

One more thing...it also helps to have friends that you can trust in outlying areas. I have had successes with my friends in securing items for me that I cannot readily get to! (you know who you are)!

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2010-06-22 08:38 ]
B

You also gotta be grateful for sellers who have no clue about how to photograph an item, in this case putting a dark object against a bright window shade...and then shooting it with their cell phone, probably! That made this guy look pretty unbecoming, and perhaps deterred any earlier than you hunters.

I wonder if there are any folks here who saw it and thought "Naaaah..." and are now kicking themselves.
:) C'mon, admit it, who did?
L

On 2010-06-22 08:29, Psycho Tiki D wrote:

We also have ads posted on craigslist from out of area buyers who post ads such as this we have to contend with:

http://stockton.craigslist.org/wan/1716291413.html

in Northern California areas us locals cringe at when we seem them and they are usually flagged for overposting or posting out of area.

Flagging these ads is my favorite past time and I am quite good at it :)

Great find Duane...going to look great with the rest of your collection.
I assume this one is staying indoors?
PTD

leleliz,

You are correct, indoors under lock and key!

PTD
S

Yep, Craigslist is great. Although very little turns up here I've set up RSS feeds to scan area Craigslists every few minutes. Maybe a bit extreme, but it's easy to do.

Placing ads touting your "top dollar" interest in such things just gets the seller into high-priced mood and likely never works as one might hope.

Congrats again on a GREAT find! Sounds like it was simply MEANT to be yours!!
T

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS THREAD! Keep posting the great finds, it keeps my hopes up of finding cool stuff! Woot!
TD

old bar(WITCO) ,found in a barn.a variation of the bar on pg 232-233 TIKI MODERN.
It's gonna need some "tweaking" and the faux fur is all over the place.
this sucker is BIG.

PLUS, a couple carved masks ,(if not Witco ,most likely, 'GALE HANER')

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

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2010-06-22 16:31 ]
L

ANother version of that same bar just popped up on our Craigslist today:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/fud/1804668170.html

At least it gives you a good idea of another finished product.

Good score!

[ Edited by: leleliz 2010-06-22 16:19 ]

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