Where has This Trader Vic's tiki been? - Collecting Tiki

M Mockingbird Grand Member (2 years) Round Rock, Texas Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 60	M Mockingbird Posted posted on Mon, Apr 3, 2017 7:31 AM I recently picked up this guy from a fellow tikiphile. He is going to be the greeter at my home tiki bar (progress hopefully starting later this year) What I know about him. -Was in the Trader Vic's Mai Tai Bar in Sarasota from 2010-2013 when it closed -Was purchased from the sale of things at the Sarastota FL location after the bar closing from the gentleman I purchased him from. -Gentleman said he was shown the original invoice and that the tiki was purchased from Oceanic Arts but didn't see when. -Was part of a TV warehouse sale in early 2010 as seen in picture below. Found in this article: https://thetikichick.com/2010/03/22/trader-vics-warehouse-sale/ -Has some wear from what looks like being packed and moved that is visible in the above warehouse pic. I figured he was just from Sarasota when I bought him but knowing how TV likes to re-use items I am starting to wonder if he had a life even earlier than that at some other location. In the mid 2000's Trader Vic's had closed quite a few bars Beverly Hills -2007 Chicago - 2005 Osaka - 2006 Berlin - 2009 San Francisco - 2007 Bellevue - 2008 Shanghai - 2008 Dallas - 2010 Destin - 2010 Las Vegas - 2009 Beijing - 2008 So there may be a good possibility that he was also at one of these locations or possibly even someplace that closed earlier in the 90's or before. So I want to put it out there to all of you well traveled tikiphiles. Have you seen this tiki before and where? :) Thanks for the help. :) -Mockingbird. [ Edited by: Mockingbird 2017-04-03 07:48 ]
M mikehooker Grand Member (3 years) Austin Joined: Jul 17, 2014 Posts: 1211	M mikehooker Posted posted on Mon, Apr 3, 2017 7:40 AM Karl you should put trader vic in the title of this thread to draw more attention to it.
M Mockingbird Grand Member (2 years) Round Rock, Texas Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 60	M Mockingbird Posted posted on Mon, Apr 3, 2017 8:13 AM Thanks Mike! Great idea. Also I have been going through critiki one Trader Vic's at a time, looking through all the pictures. I think he shows up in this picture from Trader Vic's LA But that is really odd because that bar was opened from 2009-2014? Does he have a twin or was he removed from that bar for some reason? The plot thickens.

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Mockingbird Posted posted on Mon, Apr 3, 2017 7:31 AM

I recently picked up this guy from a fellow tikiphile. He is going to be the greeter at my home tiki bar (progress hopefully starting later this year)

What I know about him.
-Was in the Trader Vic's Mai Tai Bar in Sarasota from 2010-2013 when it closed
-Was purchased from the sale of things at the Sarastota FL location after the bar closing from the gentleman I purchased him from.
-Gentleman said he was shown the original invoice and that the tiki was purchased from Oceanic Arts but didn't see when.
-Was part of a TV warehouse sale in early 2010 as seen in picture below. Found in this article: https://thetikichick.com/2010/03/22/trader-vics-warehouse-sale/

-Has some wear from what looks like being packed and moved that is visible in the above warehouse pic.

I figured he was just from Sarasota when I bought him but knowing how TV likes to re-use items I am starting to wonder if he had a life even earlier than that at some other location. In the mid 2000's Trader Vic's had closed quite a few bars

Beverly Hills -2007
Chicago - 2005
Osaka - 2006
Berlin - 2009
San Francisco - 2007
Bellevue - 2008
Shanghai - 2008
Dallas - 2010
Destin - 2010
Las Vegas - 2009
Beijing - 2008

So there may be a good possibility that he was also at one of these locations or possibly even someplace that closed earlier in the 90's or before. So I want to put it out there to all of you well traveled tikiphiles. Have you seen this tiki before and where? :) Thanks for the help. :)

-Mockingbird.

[ Edited by: Mockingbird 2017-04-03 07:48 ]

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mikehooker Posted posted on Mon, Apr 3, 2017 7:40 AM

Karl you should put trader vic in the title of this thread to draw more attention to it.

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Mockingbird Posted posted on Mon, Apr 3, 2017 8:13 AM

Thanks Mike! Great idea.
Also I have been going through critiki one Trader Vic's at a time, looking through all the pictures. I think he shows up in this picture from Trader Vic's LA

But that is really odd because that bar was opened from 2009-2014? Does he have a twin or was he removed from that bar for some reason? The plot thickens.