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The show me your Witco thread.

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Tikinomad posted on 11/07/2008

I don't have any of the Witco catalogs Tiki David and I have never come across a bar or stools based on the color stick design but if I do I'll let ya know bro!

SF
Slacks Ferret posted on 11/12/2008

I finally have some witco that will make sense in my future tiki room. This beauty wasn't cheap, but I think I think it was worth the $150 I paid.

Witco seems to be pretty hard to come by around here.

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Tikinomad posted on 11/12/2008

That's a good score for $150!
Nice find Slacks!

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TIKI DAVID posted on 11/12/2008

the words , "finally" and "this beauty" should tell you something, $150.00 was a pretty good price.
i have 3 of them for sale @ $350.00 ea. so.... there ya go.....

TD
TIKI DAVID posted on 11/12/2008

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2008-11-14 04:59 ]

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Sweet Daddy Tiki posted on 11/13/2008

Congrats on the outrigger, slacks. Glad to see the wife didn't talk you out of it.

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Slacks Ferret posted on 11/13/2008

On 2008-11-12 17:33, Sweet Daddy Tiki wrote:
Congrats on the outrigger, slacks. Glad to see the wife didn't talk you out of it.

Yeah. She's not thrilled with me, but she did come around after a bit of coaxing...

I thank you for your opinion on the price SDT! T'was helpful.

SDT
Sweet Daddy Tiki posted on 11/13/2008

No problem, Slacks. Call me any time you want to make an impulse purchase. I have no problems encouraging other people to spend extravagantly.

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tikipaka posted on 11/16/2008

:lol: Found this piece yesterday, my second Witco find out in the wild..



Someone actually painting over top of the original yellow & orange colors. It's now green & pink/purple? Does anyone know how to get the paint off without ruining the original paint? I'll have to wait for a sunny day to take this out side at hopefully take a better photo. This is a giraffe, yes? I thought someone said it was a horse? And the horses I've seen don't look like this.

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tikiyaki posted on 11/17/2008

Witco ? Experts please chime in here. It's unmarked. 2' tall, and the base appears to be not original and added later.

No marking on the back. Got it for $20, which I consider a deal. The guy selling it knew nothing from Witco, but said something about a local guy carving it. I dunno, looks very Witco to me, but I'm no expert.

PTD
Psycho Tiki D posted on 11/17/2008

tikiyaki,

Nice score there for $20.00 sure looks like the real deal. Tbanks for posting it.

PTD

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Bongo Bungalow posted on 11/17/2008

If not Witco, certainly was an inspired guy who carved tikiyaki's sculpture. Cool design.

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Sneakytiki posted on 11/17/2008

Sweet find whether WITCO or SHITKO it is a SWELL piece!

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Tikinomad posted on 11/17/2008

It's cool but I don't think it's Witco...I could be wrong though. I looked through my Witco picture files and did not see it but ask Bigbro, I think he has several of the original Witco catalogs from different years. He should know...

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tikiyaki posted on 11/17/2008

Big Bro has confirmed it as a "no".

Damn fine knockoff of the style tho, and at the end of the day for me anyway, is that I like the piece, and it looks great in my pad. :)

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keigs20 posted on 11/18/2008

tikiyaki, nope not a Witco that I have ever seen. Cool carving though.

PTD
Psycho Tiki D posted on 11/21/2008

I know not everyone gets a chance to see much from a Witco Catalog, but since these pictures were posted on Ebay from someone selling a Witco Catalog from 1976, I thought it would good to post them here for reference sake.

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2008-11-21 10:49 ]

PTD
Psycho Tiki D posted on 11/21/2008

Found today...


I found these with a large table full of Mexi-Tiki and African pieces. Everything had been painted black.

Everything!

I'll attempt to remove the paint someday.

PTD

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tikipaka posted on 11/23/2008

Psycho Tiki D

I know not everyone gets a chance to see much from a Witco Catalog, but since these pictures were posted on Ebay from someone selling a Witco Catalog from 1976, I thought it would good to post them here for reference sake.

Thank you for posting those catalog photos. :roll: I guess I know now the piece I found last week is a horse and not a giraffe. :lol: I could actually read the discription (HORSE MAZAZINE RACK) underneath the photo on one of the above pages. Maybe you're the one that origanlly said it was a horse on here some where? With all the great stuff you put up on here, you must have a lot a room in that tiki castle of yours? Where do you put it all? :lol:

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tikipaka posted on 11/29/2008

Check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370121696970

Seller has two up for grabs. Photo from previous owner shows them not hanging incorrectly.

[ Edited by: tikipaka 2008-11-30 00:44 ]

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bongofury posted on 12/03/2008

I've posted these before in other threads, but I will add them here plus a couple of new ones....

My favorite, fossil fish

The damaged fish were expertly replaced by Ken Pleasant

Mrs. Fury gave me the small one several years ago, the bigger (16") one is a recent find

Our second local Witco find within a week, 7" wide & 5' tall. Background is on what appears to be naugahyde

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bigbrotiki posted on 12/03/2008

Wow, Ron, that's a good one! Looking forward to feeling its naugahyde sometime.

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TIKI DAVID posted on 12/12/2008


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

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2008-12-12 07:44 ]

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sneakyjack posted on 12/12/2008

can't really see the price tags

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RevBambooBen posted on 12/20/2008
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Coco Joe posted on 12/20/2008

On 2008-12-19 21:27, RevBambooBen wrote:
Are these Witco?

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/art/954806418.html

They look like what I dropped in the toilet this morning

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bigbrotiki posted on 12/20/2008

No, they are contemporary.

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TIKI DAVID posted on 12/20/2008

On 2008-12-12 13:23, sneakyjack wrote:
can't really see the price tags

what were you interested in?

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Tikisgrl posted on 12/29/2008

Witco?



Tikisgrl

PTD
Psycho Tiki D posted on 12/29/2008

On 2008-12-28 16:53, Tikisgrl wrote:
Witco?



Tikisgrl

Yepco!

PTD

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sneakyjack posted on 12/29/2008

On 2008-12-20 05:28, TIKI DAVID wrote:

On 2008-12-12 13:23, sneakyjack wrote:
can't really see the price tags

what were you interested in?

DAVID
I sent you a PM

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tikipaka posted on 12/29/2008

Tikigrl

Your Witco find can also be seen on page 95 of Tiki Modern. Nice piece.

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Tikisgrl posted on 12/30/2008

On 2008-12-29 15:25, tikipaka wrote:
Tikigrl

Your Witco find can also be seen on page 95 of Tiki Modern. Nice piece.

Thanks, it's small but the price was right, 2 bucks to get into the Flea Market, 2 bucks for the Witco plus gas!

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spiked posted on 01/19/2009

On 2008-08-15 16:44, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
From today's finds...


Witco Cat magazine rack.


And his pal!

PTD

so the second cat is witco? I picked up one of those from a local dealer a few months back for 40 bucks, but I was never sure if it was real....

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Lucy Diamond posted on 02/03/2009

Here's a couple we picked up before Christmas. They were at an antique mall. The tag said tiki, but not Witco. Anyone know what these were called? Or when they came out? I was glad to see this style in Tiki Modern

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TIKI DAVID posted on 02/03/2009

"marked tiki but not witco",you didn't educate them did you?
great score.one of my favorite designs.I do not know what it is called ,but I have a fountain based on that design

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bigbrotiki posted on 02/03/2009

My my, t'is the famed "Mick Jagger" Tiki (or simply Polynesian Fishing God):

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26981&forum=5&start=0

It would be quite rare for large carvings to have the Witco label still attached to them. Looks like the bases were added later by someone else, could have been intended as lamps.

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bigbrotiki posted on 02/04/2009

But wait: There is one on e-bay right now! Good luck, Nancy :wink:

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sputnikmoss posted on 02/15/2009

The Mister surprised me with this for Valentine's Day. A fellow dealer found this at an estate sale for $65, and sold it to my husband for cheap before it went into his space. The fabric needs a little cleaning but I kicked out the Witco Outrigger and hung it up anyway.

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tikitees posted on 02/16/2009

This cropped up in the OKC area and I was a bit interested.

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/fuo/1035057395.html

Anyone with knowledge know if this is a usual size (if such standard exists)? It just seems a bit small. But I don't collect Witco and I wouldn't know.

Thanks!

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bigbrotiki posted on 02/16/2009

That is a good price for this original condition, hard-to-find set. You can see the pieces in "Tiki Modern", pages 240, 241 and 260. The bar is small, but the modern abstract Tapa/ deconstructed Tiki face design on it is very cool.

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LOL Tiki posted on 03/01/2009

I ran across this today. Looks like Witco but I don't know if it's genuine; there were no identifying tags or marks.


LOL Tiki!

[ Edited by: LOL Tiki 2009-02-28 19:32 ]

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TIKIBOSKO posted on 03/01/2009

It is a Witco, it looks to have been repainted and very few (carved pieces) if any have markings or something that would positively ID them.

Bosko

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LOL Tiki posted on 03/02/2009

On 2009-03-01 15:06, TIKIBOSKO wrote:
It is a Witco, it looks to have been repainted and very few (carved pieces) if any have markings or something that would positively ID them.

Bosko

Hi Bosco - Thanks for the info. The paint did appear to be in very good shape; it didn't look fresh but it wasn't particularly worn.

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TIKI DAVID posted on 03/10/2009

found in sofla,the head and tail move.


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

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2009-03-10 06:51 ]

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tikicar posted on 03/11/2009

I picked these up in Florida last week. The car still has it's original yellow decor tag. The wheels, grill, windshield and steering wheel is rough cut brass. The next one is a bridge, no tag. I am assuming it is the Golden Gate Bridge?? Sven? Thanks, Scott

[ Edited by: tikicar 2009-03-10 17:15 ]

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TIKIVILLE posted on 03/18/2009

Anybody help me out with this ...is it a WITCO?


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TIKIBOSKO posted on 03/19/2009

Sure looks like one, judging from the hands it may have had some other function (not just to hang on a wall) or maybe not?

Bosko

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