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What a life!
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Mon, Jun 7, 2010 10:18 PM
I did not know where to post this, yet I felt compelled to share this with the brethren before it disappears: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/06/1665816/grove-eccentric-baron-sepy-joseph.html#ixzz0qEb7GTG9 Read and learn! Though there are only a few flimsy connections to Tiki, like "New Guinea tribal war wounds", and his son playing in Polo Del Mar, the spirit is all there! Those were the mid-century characters that inhabited the world of Tiki :) |
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Mon, Jun 7, 2010 10:52 PM
Make sure you check out his Facebook page. |
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Mon, Jun 7, 2010 10:55 PM
great post! Amy |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 8:57 AM
What a character! |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 10:11 AM
My Condolences to Ferenc and the rest of his family. Jeff(btd) |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 10:37 AM
Jeff and all, thanks for your thoughts and condolences. My father was indeed bigger than life, a cross between Baron Munchausen and the Dos Equis "Most interesting man in the world", except most of the stories are true. In fact, my father had a very strong connection to Tiki. He visited Rapa Nui 8 times, and in 1968 he shot a documentary which I will be presenting at Tiki Oasis 10. Here in Miami he was very close friends with the owners on Mai Kai, and I remember going there at least once a month in the 60s and 70s. thanks, |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 11:14 AM
Aaaah, I knew it, I mean I had a feeling there was more. It was part and parcel of that "man of the world" life back then. I love this comment on his Facebook page: |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 3:49 PM
I wish I lived in the Miami of the past, the high rollers in the grove and south beach today think they only need their fancy cars and $300 shirts, but they're void of any kind of personality or character. |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 6:12 PM
Every age has its sincerely interesting characters... there's a few of them that hang around here! |
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Tue, Jun 8, 2010 6:45 PM
Mexican divorce? I would like to know what else he did in Mexico... |
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Wed, Jun 9, 2010 12:59 AM
so fascinating like a movie of a great lifes adventure. I enjoyed looking at the pics of his house posted on his facebook page. |
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Wed, Jun 9, 2010 10:46 AM
Indeed! It is heartening to find proof that pin up photos like this... ...were not just all make believe (note Tapa lamp shade): (though the lamp base is somewhat more compelling) The article mentioned that Sepy was "oozing a type of Euro-suave that certain young women found irresistible..." ...AND a Primitive Art book collection. Now that's a start! :wink: |
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Wed, Jun 9, 2010 9:21 PM
Wait a minute, who knew? Jeff(btd) |
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Thu, Jun 10, 2010 2:56 AM
There is this on you tube as well. |
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bigbrotiki
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Thu, Jun 10, 2010 8:27 AM
Hey, I recognize that Tiki outrigger T-shirt he's wearing at 0.41 secs, who here made that again? |
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Thu, Jun 10, 2010 3:55 PM
what an extraordinary man. Thanks for this post. |
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Thu, Jun 10, 2010 5:18 PM
I read this, and after seeing the pictures scrolling through at the top of the page, I couldn't help but thinking that Sepy was a real life Jackie Treehorn... |
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Thu, Jun 10, 2010 10:49 PM
Technically Ferenc made the shirt, as it says Pollo Del Mar on it. Jeff(btd)
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Mon, Aug 16, 2010 1:50 PM
Info about Sepy's film at Tiki Oasis: |
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martian-tiki
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Sun, Apr 24, 2011 4:05 PM
I just noticed an interesting pictorial article on Sepy in Rogue Magazine Dec. 1960 which In the mean time spotted this 1950 Cuban Art Center card on ebay - which you wouldn't find searching for him. |
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Mon, Apr 25, 2011 10:28 AM
Very interesting! I had no idea he was the "director of an art institute" in Havana. This is where he must have sculpted THESE statues: Is this what the article is about?
And would you look at that!: They are selling his Viking boat bed!: That even tops a Witco "Primitive bed room set"! |
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Mon, Apr 25, 2011 4:49 PM
The article is about him lamenting his exile from cuba and yes he's making gold statues. However the statue model in the article is not the models mentioned. Other photos include him hanging out in a pool with his harem of nude models. Photography by Bunny Yeager - one of the models actually looks like Nani Maka from Pagan Island! Which is very possible considering Bunny Yeager was the set photographer on that movie and both photoshoots would be set in Miami circa 1960. So apologies for the scan delay - but its at the top of my list. There's a pagan island article I'll be scanning too so the models can be compared. |
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Mon, Apr 25, 2011 4:55 PM
Wow, that sounds great! I can just imagine that swinging scene in Florida in the 60s, with Bunny Yeager, Lewis vanDercar and now Sepy! |
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Wed, Apr 27, 2011 10:19 PM
I thought some context would be important regarding one of those statue models... Reel to Reel cover Aphro-disia Anita Ekberg was a Martian beauty in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars. Tiki Central folks may enjoy this Anita film clip for the music [ Edited by: martian-tiki 2011-04-27 22:20 ] [ Edited by: martian-tiki 2011-04-27 22:21 ] |
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Wed, Apr 27, 2011 10:30 PM
What music? There was music? How could I have missed music? Tasty morsel in that clip though. Thanks. Bear |
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Thu, Apr 28, 2011 10:56 AM
Fascinating character. Like a Forrest Gump who knew exactly what was going on at all times. Would love to have gone to some of his parties. |
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Sun, May 1, 2011 12:44 AM
I posted the article in the tiki erotica thread to keep this thread SFW. 1960s Tiki Erotica (WARNING: NUDITY) http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=1389&forum=1&start=486 Rogue [ Edited by: martian-tiki 2011-05-01 00:46 ] [ Edited by: martian-tiki 2011-12-29 15:25 ] |
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Sun, May 1, 2011 11:33 AM
Excellent! Man, those communists really messed up Sepy's art scene there in Havana: His own art center full of babes, his Mojito bar- what more could a Baron from Eastern Europe want! |
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Thu, Dec 29, 2011 3:38 PM
Bachelor Profile article on High resolution and additional articles from |
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Mon, Aug 25, 2014 10:36 PM
I just added this to the erotica thread (page 59) to keep this thread mostly SFW http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1389&forum=1&start=884 Monsieur The Sculptor and his Nude Princess |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2014 7:58 PM
It's odd, I was just thinking of this thread this weekend. |
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Mon, Mar 21, 2016 9:42 PM
Two versions of what I suspect is a fairly rare record. It would be nice to rescue/pirate this - but $300 is a bit much for me at the moment - but maybe not for you - if you don't feel like hunting for the likely $20 unsigned and never owned by anyone Sepy knew ones in a European shop. Seller : Vintage Inscribed and Signed HF LP “Sepy Presents: La Bodeguita del Medio” Havana, Cuba Riverside Records –L59 Up for sale is this High Fidelity Recording LP: Sepy Presents: La Bodeguita del Medio, The Music of Havana's Most Fabulous Cafe. Recorded by Riverside Records and Produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc., New York, 1957. Cover Photograph courtesy of Sepy Dobronyi. RLP 12-815. Music led by composer, Carlos Puebla and includes Santiago Martinez and Pedro Sosa a remarkable Trio (all songs are in Spanish). This particular LP is inscribed and signed by Sepy 1959 (To the first woman in my king size bed Sepy X–a 1959. For more information please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepy_Dobronyi Dobronyi was also the co-owner of the Bodeguita del Medio, located near Cathedral Plaza in Havana, Cuba, which was the hangout for the jet setters of that era. In 1951, Dobronyi convinced owner Angel Martinez to convert his store into a tavern. There it became the hub of not only the art community but also of the social circles. Close friends were Ernest and Mary Hemingway, Hugh Hefner, Nat King Cole, John Wayne and Errol Flynn to name a few. Size: 12-1/4” H x 12-1/4” W Weight: Approx. 10 oz. plus shipping carton Provenance: Private Collection. |
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Tue, Mar 22, 2016 1:59 PM
Hey martian-tiki, really cool find, however I think that seller is trying to get way too much money for those records. Just check out the Discogs listing They are trending around $12 It was also released on CD in 1993 |
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Mon, Feb 3, 2020 7:48 PM
Some Sepy images on ebay currently. |
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Tue, Feb 4, 2020 5:49 AM
there must be a story behind that effort - maybe Jayne Mansfield beat him at poker, or something. |
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Tue, Feb 4, 2020 7:39 AM
Interesting! "Sepy at the time was a resident of Havana, Cuba, had been his own gold supplier for his famous Gallery of Beauties. He had discovered sunken Spanish ships with buried treasure while diving in the sea around Cuba. The treasure hunt was very successful. Dobronyi located thirty-five sunken galleons and managed to salvage £50,000-worth of gold doubloons." |
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Tue, Feb 4, 2020 9:23 PM
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martian-tiki
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Tue, Feb 4, 2020 10:31 PM
One has to wonder where this statue is now |
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