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Trader Vic's VooDoo glasses...or not?
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Pittsburgh pauly
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Tue, Feb 1, 2011 4:59 PM
Found these at a flea market over the weekend:
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Swanky
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Wed, Feb 2, 2011 9:26 AM
I'd say they are just from the Imperial Glass outlet store when they ran out of gold paint one day... |
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Kenike
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Wed, Feb 2, 2011 11:05 AM
I agree. Unpainted Voodoo Grogs. |
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Pittsburgh pauly
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Thu, Feb 3, 2011 5:47 PM
I'll go with unpainted Voodoo Grogs then. Now, a roadtrip to Wheeling, WV. There's gotta be more glass in them hills! |
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Fri, Feb 4, 2011 2:55 AM
I quite like them without the gold, too, it makes the masks more interesting. But they loose a little of that James Bond touch without the gold. |
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Wed, Feb 9, 2011 1:45 PM
I found one last year in the wild for 90 cents, with almost no gold left, I don't know how I spotted that in the sea of glass on the thrift store shelf (probably because I already had a ceramic Tiki Farm one), but I painted masks with gold paint from the hobby store where you can buy miniatures for gaming etc. Turned out pretty good, but I still wonder if I should have left it the way it was.. |
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Wed, Feb 9, 2011 8:41 PM
I'm also a bit curious about repairing gold on glasses. I have |
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Pittsburgh pauly
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Thu, Feb 10, 2011 3:13 PM
Bigbro: I looked it up in BOT. That is a sad looking one :) I don't see any ghost image where gold might have been or a speck of gold on any of the 6(!) |
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Sun, Feb 13, 2011 1:59 PM
I just, today, found one of these in an antique store in FL. Same deal, no indication it ever had gold paint. I got mine for $3.00. Not as good a deal, but still great if it is in fact a real vic's grog glass. Has anyone found out anything more on these "naked" versions? |
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