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11/17/2010
It's about 15" tall. |
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11/20/2010
i've wanted one of these for a long time now.....i finally picked this one up today at an estate sale for a lousy $2.....i stole the picture from ooga mooga because i am too lazy right now to take my own picture.... |
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Club Nouméa
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11/20/2010
Some recent finds at a local charity store: "Legends of Rotorua" (1969 paperback edition): It is profusely illustrated: And a travel book from 1968: Along with a pack of playing cards: CN |
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11/20/2010
Here are some of my recent finds, found a ton of great Japanese Floats at a local estate sale, bunch of mugs and an awesome tray and menu from the SS Lurline... My favorite piece is this globe-sized float... Here are all the Japanese floats I picked up, including a rare marked "sausage" float. (the ones on the window sill, not the hanging ones, which are modern decorative pieces)
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11/21/2010
I found a set of these yesterday and the story behind them is that the daughter was going through her dads storage. She said they were in storage for over 30 years. My camera is in a funk right now so this is one on pulled off line. They measure 9" tall with the bar on the grinder of course another inch? When I can upload a actual photo of these I will. |
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11/21/2010
Nice Mike! |
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11/21/2010
Wow great find! Now about royalties for using my picture... |
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Tiki-Atari
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11/22/2010
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11/22/2010
Some of my Tiki Finds this past weekend from our trip to Atlanta and Trader Vic's. We got there and Vic's was closed, but we found some good Tiki Stuff, I especially like the United Airlines pieces (THANKS GEORGE!) and the fish float christmas tree ornament. I also found a King Kong Jim Beam for $10 and considering Dino passed away last week, I couldn't pass it up, I still say he's TIKI! :wink: Thanks for looking, Paul |
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11/22/2010
Wow, those United Airlines Tikis are a great find...one would be already, but two!? Did you get them from a collector? Expensive? These are good times for Tiki buying!
Ha! Book of Tiki, page 136. And here's the postcard it is based on, they just left the "MAI KAI" signage off the poles : Actually, this is the shorter version, it exists as an extra wide-screen version that matches the size and composition of the black velvet rendering. The only example of that I ever saw was in the Oceanic Arts archive, but it disappeared before I could duplicate it! :cry: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-11-23 14:17 ] |
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11/22/2010
Big Bro, the United pieces came from an antique store in Chicago and were shipped in today. They were pretty cheap, under $100 for the pair. I'm getting some more stuff in soon and duplicates I will offer here first. Paul |
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11/22/2010
Cool, good deal. ...together with a caption in the humorous style of the material I published already in Tiki Modern. Gotta love it! Two observations about the black velvet: It does not seem to be painted, but drawn onto the velvet with paint marker pens? A master piece it ain't, but a rare curiosity of historic American Tiki style. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-11-22 10:14 ] |
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bigbrotiki
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11/23/2010
I am still thinking about that painting. Here is a close up of the sign posts from the previous page: Mine does not have that swank SPARKLY paint job that yours has, Tiki Atari. Nor did any of the other ones I have seen so far. But otherwise it's the same. They must have used some kind of template. What is "puff paint"? I wish they would have made this in the "backlit cityscape" style, one of my favorite concepts in American kitsch art!: This is the kind of stuff we Europeans just stare at in disbelief. So cool. |
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Tiki-Atari
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11/23/2010
"Puff Paint" is a kind of plasticized craft paint frequently packaged in plastic bottles with pen-like applicator tips. When the paint dries it swells slightly, leaving raised lines. The stuff was tremendously popular during the 80's here, and frequently came mixed with glitter. The applicator bottle could be used like a pen (I definitely think you were correct when you said the painting looks drawn as much as painted). On my version of the painting some of the strokes were with the pen tip and some with a brush, leaving different levels of dimensionality depending on the line in question. The frame on mine is fake plastic. I'm looking forward to hanging this alongside a printout of the MaiKai postcard used for reference...thanks for the ID! |
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11/24/2010
I remember my mother going to parties in the 60's (like tupperware) for a type of paint that came in tubes but had a roller tip like a ball point pen. The name was Tri Chem Liquid Embroidery. It looks like that style of "drawn lines". They sold all kinds of pre-stamped items and you colored them as you pleased. Here is a link to some ebay auctions. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=tri+chem+paints I'm putting my money on Tri-Chem as the maker. Apparently they are still in business. Maybe if you email them a pic they could confirm or deny my hypothesis and maybe even give you an approximate date of manufacture. Here is an auction that includes a black velvet prestamped sheet. http://cgi.ebay.com/large-lot-15-pictures-paint-vintage-80s-Tri-chem-/310064927137?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48314f51a1 Darilyn [ Edited by: LiddleLola 2010-11-23 23:34 ] [ Edited by: LiddleLola 2010-11-23 23:44 ] |
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11/24/2010
Haaa, TC coming thru again, thank you Darylin! "Tri-chem liquid embroidery"! The new standard in black velvet painting! :) I love those 50s/60s "high tech" word creations, like the "Tectum Pan-L-Art" tiles at the Kahiki. "The master piece of this lot is of course the medicine man. Native Indian picture measures 18" x 24" and come with instruction. This one is perfect condition with no stains or damages. It is just great. #7780. 70% rayon, 30% polyester" Indeed! 100 % artificial canvas! Though I am partial to the Baby Lion/Tiger and Butterfly one, too: ....and:
Tiki Atari, for a better quality reproduction you can find that rendering in "Tiki Modern" also. I wanted to put it in the BOT, but did not have enough room for both, the cool moderne ORIGINAL rendering of the Mai Kai took precedence. |
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11/25/2010
Another store, another score. [ Edited by: Tiki-Atari 2010-11-24 19:06 ] |
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11/25/2010
I've got a huge box of old postcards, clippings, maps, and other travel souvenirs. Most of it was route 66 area late 40's stuff. The only tiki related item in it all was this: And other stuff Polystone Menehune, different color than the one I already had: Buzzy Out! |
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11/27/2010
Not a tiki, but definitely a Tiki find. Craigslist find from an old timer out past Elsinore. I guess he used to own a house in Mexico back in the 1960's,(prior to C.I.T.E.S.) and this shell was dredged off of the bottom by shrimp fishermen. It looks to be a Hawksbill because of the pronounced scutes on the carapace. |
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Tipsy McStagger
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11/28/2010
picked up this sascha brasthof piece recently.......
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Bay Park Buzzy
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11/28/2010
Brought home some new stuff this week to be housed as part of the permanent collection: Little Hawaiian tiki HIP rascal Tiki from Bora Bora New junk, barely made the cut, probably candle holders: Tourist decorative club from maybe Fiji? My favorite piece of the week, A Maori Taiaha. This is a full length one at 5'3" Easter Island Kava kava man with a bird on his head: Tahitian tiki sword/stick: I passed on Moai tissue dispenser and a yellow Whalers moai mug... |
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11/28/2010
Thank you Melissa for the great statue.Moai from the Kahiki.Will be restored in the early spring and ready to be lit again.As long as the fire department does not stop me....
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The Granite Tiki
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11/28/2010
Well well well, The Kahiki comes to New Hampshire! Congrats kustomculture73!!!! [ Edited by: The Granite Tiki 2010-11-28 13:17 ] |
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11/28/2010
Nice! |
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11/28/2010
After searching for one pretzel rattan chair for years, I actually got a whole set for just $550.00 from a nice couple in Cupertino that bought it in Malaysia in 1982. Two pretzel chairs, a sofa, and a table with hand made cushions. Some info from their ad: "We purchased the set when we were living in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia in 1984 at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel on the Island. As you may know the E & O Hotel was founded by the Sarkies Brothers in 1885 this is the first hotel they opened before they opened the also famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore." The tag on the table reads: Wing Hing & Co From the Wing Hing & Co. Modern Cane Furniture and Chick Suppliers. And yes they did confirm that while you picked up your furniture you could pick out your baby chick that would be your future dinner. And I am happy as a clam with my purchase.
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11/29/2010
Today I had my first antique store tiki find, this Suffering Bastard mug in the stone green glaze. Labeled "Tiki Hut, Party Cove, Turks & Caicos." I also saw a set of four Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hula Girl mugs for a good price, but I didn't realize they were worth picking up until after I'd left. I may have to go back.
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Grand Kahu
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11/29/2010
A new Marquesan tiki from Kona...about 20" h. and of Monkey-pod wood.
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Bay Park Buzzy
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11/29/2010
That's a Cook Islands tiki. Like these from Rarotonga: Buzzy Out! |
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Grand Kahu
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11/29/2010
Yup, thanks, it is Cook Islands style! GK p.s. (My other tiki is a Marquesan) That really should be a bumper sticker... |
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11/30/2010
I found this massive ceramic-like bank. Bought it cheap just because I really liked it but am curious if someone has seen these before. It is about 18" tall and weighs a ton! The exterior finish looks too slick for a DIY craft but the coin cutout and stopper hole in back are really rough. Inside the the bank's legs are hardened ropes (for stabilization during creation perhaps?)No markings anywhere. Functionality wasn't thought out in the design process as the coins can slide down into the legs and get stuck there. Maybe someone modified a commercially produced piece?
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Bongo Bungalow
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12/01/2010
Found this shirt that features the Mark Thomas Outrigger mug.
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SilverLine
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12/01/2010
Hey Bongo, COOL SHIRT! I've never seen that one. Who is the maker? |
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John the Mainlander
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12/01/2010
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12/01/2010
I have one exactly the same. One of my favorite shirts. Good find! |
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bigbrotiki
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12/01/2010
Wow, it also has and early Bosko mask, AND the profile face from the Covarrubias map on it!:
That shirt designer is obviously in the know... |
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Bongo Bungalow
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12/02/2010
Not exactly an exotic tag: "CACTUS Black Lable" Anywho, glad ya like the shirt and Uncle Trav and I will have to be careful not to show up wearing the same shirt! |
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Tiki-Tim
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12/02/2010
Male and Female tiki bottle opener Kahiki Salt & Pepper Shakers Harvey's Sneaky Tiki Mug Found but didn't buy yet...$1800 clams for this 6ft baby
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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12/02/2010
That six-footer looks like a Barney West. Still pretty expensive though. Are they willing to bargain down? |
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Tiki-Tim
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12/02/2010
I spoke to the dealer and he's willing to negotiate.Going to contact him today to see if we can make a deal. |
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tikipaka
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12/03/2010
What's not working? |
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Unkle John
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12/03/2010
Anyone ever see a green Fairyland Import Lantern Bowl?
I apologize for the photos, not all of my lights are hooked up at the moment. |
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12/03/2010
Don't mess with success! Those shots are GREAT! Lots of texture and contrast, good white balance . . awesome! |
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Unkle John
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12/03/2010
LOL Thanks for the kind words Silverline! If anyone want to see the richness of the colors, here's another shot:
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12/04/2010
Not much lately up this way, found these today. |
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leleliz
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12/04/2010
Been taking a break from this thread but here are a few things as of late.. 2 Mai Kai mugs
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4WDtiki
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12/04/2010
Liz, could you please post a side view pic of that hobby Moai? |
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leleliz
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12/04/2010
Of course. Here is that and also a pic of what is on the bottom. Not sure what that paper label thing is that is also attached to the bottom but that is what is under the name
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4WDtiki
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12/04/2010
Thank you! I love that mug, very Witco, but without the woodgrain. |
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