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T

PTD, what Matterhorn said.
BBS

On 2010-04-21 17:45, TikiPug wrote:

Scott,
That isn't a Triton's Trumpet Shell. It is a Florida Horse Conch. It is a great shell to have, specially that size.

Well I learned something new today... Thanks Pug I had never heard of the Florida Horse Conch before.
K

a few finds from last week

3 coco joes wall plaques, good condition but no tags on the back.

A wooden tiki from??? Any ideas??? a unmarked coconut mug (first I've found) and a Chiki Tiki morning after shot from Pismo Beach Ca. Are these current or could it be from the Trader Nicks once there in Pismo?
S

Found this past week:

These two Moai wall hangings are made of what looks like colored sand and stand 24" tall and are 9" wide

This crocodile/man stands about 45" tall is a Spirit Figure from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea

This tiki has seen better days! He stands almost 6' and has light blue and white faded paint. Maybe it sat in front of a restaurant back in its time?
M

Found these today at a boot sale in sunny England...
an R-72 Orchids of Hawaii mug:

and a CocoJoe's hula girl figure (HW2 etched on the base).

I'm going to post the hula girl in the CocoJoe's post but if anyone could tell me more about her I'd appreciate it. Is she an original or a later repro?

(Sorry the pictures came out so big!)
8T

Hinky Dinks/Trader Vics 50th anniversary pinback button. 3" wide

Vintage shirt

Plaster moai. 7" tall no markings.
PTD

Sadly, my only find today...


My third set of Treasure Craft Hawaii tiki salt and peppers.

On another note, my oldest daugther brought by a belated birthday gift...



This Disney Uti bowl..this sucker is huge and heavy.

Later,

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2010-04-25 12:05 ]
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This was a relatively good week for me, since I really did not go to any flea markets ,
thrift stores or garage sales.I picked up this very large original glass float ball with
no net or light.With the a little help hopefully from some TC Ohana I could have a
net made for this float lamp.The electrical part I have made and in stock.I am thinking
this could have come from an old tiki bar like the Outrigger or Ports of Call that were
both located in Long Beach, based on the area it was found .It's a least 20" in size .
Very stoked with this find .
Aloha


Vintage tapa print two tone blue sport coat


Extremely hard to find 1950's-60's Chi Chi club rain check token w/ Edgar Leeteg Hina Rapa girl image

[ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-04-25 18:53 ]
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bitchin' scores!
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Thanks Tiki Thomas .
UT

Man I have been on the search for one of those sport coats for ages. Seems to be none around in Michigan. Great finds.
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I have been looking for quite a while for them , but lately I have found several Trav.
PM me the size and color you were looking for , and I will keep a sharp look out for
you .
S

I found a Magnum XXXXX decanter at Goodwill last weekend!
UR

Found this stuff today at an indoor flea market
An unmarked carved tiki, and a Orchids of Hawaii "Japan" Fu Manchu

A cool rattan swag lamp

and these albums. 2 Martin Dennys and a Rusty Warren that I remember my long deceased grandparents had in their collection. Now I need to get my old turntable working again
1

Wow ! Found this giant piece of Samoan or Tonga tapa cloth at 89" wide and 160"
(over 13 feet) in length .
S

Bought these in an antique mall today. Originally priced at $60.00 they had been marked down to $40.00. And they even still had the swizzels in them!
L

Hey Supereight..are those swizzles plastic? They look like wood but I cant really tell.

Good score there regardless!
S

Well, I don't know where else to put this; it's a find, but there was no tiki and nothing to "collect" except photos.

I'm an architectural photographer by trade, and I work mostly in historic preservation. This means that I photograph a lot of buildings before, during and after restoration. Today I was in a house doing pre-restoration documentation and found some scrapbook pages enlarged and taped to the living room wall for the new owner to enjoy. Among them were these:





Having not been in the basement yet, I was itching to see how much of this may still be there!

There had been some flooding in the basement, so the floor had a lot of dirt on it, but sure enough, a LOT of the Hawaiian Room was still there!




Now this is really not much considering what you might find in old basements in CA, but for Kansas City, this is RARE! And for most of it to still be intact ? Even RARER! I seriously doubt the new owners will want to save any of it, but after I went crazy for it, who knows?
TS

Wow, you should really start your own thread for this. That room is awesome, and so are the pics. If you leave it in here, it will get lost. Please start a separate thread!
SF

On 2010-04-29 13:08, Tiki Shaker wrote:
Wow, you should really start your own thread for this. That room is awesome, and so are the pics. If you leave it in here, it will get lost. Please start a separate thread!

He's right Silverline! It's gotta be a new thread.
S

On 2010-04-29 17:44, Slacks Ferret wrote:

On 2010-04-29 13:08, Tiki Shaker wrote:
Wow, you should really start your own thread for this. That room is awesome, and so are the pics. If you leave it in here, it will get lost. Please start a separate thread!

He's right Silverline! It's gotta be a new thread.

OK, it's done! General Tiki under "The Hawaiian Room: early basement lounge in KC."
H

Having a great month capped off by this lamp find today. Was stored in a barn. Shade is toast, dirty and rusted metal, mud wasp nest on arm, but the cermaic tiki is close to flawless under the the dust. Anyone know who did it? Oceanic Arts?
SDT

This is the totality of my tiki finds this year. Yes, the lump sum of 4 months of searching. PTD finds more in one weekend.

Frank Schirman couple

HIP tiki ©1974. Looks like it might be one half of a pair of bookends. Anyone know?

Polyart Kanaloa (#216)

A couple of Don Ho & The Aliis "Suck 'Em Up" glasses, a Hawaii souvenir mug & The Drinks of Hawaii cocktail recipe book by Paul Dick (third edition)
L

Not tiki but all vintage marked "Japan". They are all over a foot tall and were only $2 for the bunch. eh..whatever. I am moving soon and they just went right into a box.
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Don't collect too many new mugs mostly vintage or limited production event mugs,
however picked up a couple of gems at Bamboo Ben's garage sale including a cool
Pocket Kahuna flask.
H

I drink Aguardiente Antioqueno out of my pocket Kahuna all the time. A real attention grabber!!!!
T

Found this cool ceramic Tami style Tiki mask over the weekend at the Golden Nugget Fleamarket. It is made in spain by Mercados De La Artesania Espanola.


It's really heavy...i dig it! :)
Happy Hunting!!!
A

Finally found ceramic tiki mugs in Thailand..
KK

I was wondering if anyone can tell me if these are PNG or Carribean or African?

Thanks
KK
J
JonPez posted on Fri, May 7, 2010 1:17 PM

On 2010-05-07 13:04, Kamaina Kraig wrote:
I was wondering if anyone can tell me if these are PNG or Carribean or African?

Thanks
KK

Absolutely not PNG. Or even from the Pacific area.
KK

Thanks JonPez....I thought not....but they have been hanging in a shop I go to forever and always wondered if I was passing on something special.

KK
BPB

Not much worth grabbing out there lately, so all I got is one mug



From Kono Hawaii, Santa Ana

Buzzy Out!
B

SCORE-O! That is THE desirable weirdo mug from that place. I don't have one myself. But if Buzzy does not find an armful of stuff, that means the well has run dry...!?

Tikinomad, how fitting for you to find such PNG beauty -made in Spain. I recall seeing that design somewhere in Tikiland....or I am just mixing up my Poly pop and museum files in my brain....
BK

Buzzy, you're killing me!
ATP

Nice one Buzzy! every Kono mug I have found has been cracked or in bad shape in one form or another.
I have yet to find a Kono in good shape.
BPB

On 2010-05-07 15:33, bigbrotiki wrote:
But if Buzzy does not find an armful of stuff, that means the well has run dry...!?

It's not that it wasn't there, it's just that sometimes I'm a little more selective, or more likely broke!

To start off this week, I'll list what I remember seeing in the wild this week but passed on for one reason or another:

1 pair Bali Hai S+P shakers with omc stickers, no chips, cracks or defects w/plastic stoppers: $20 because "they are collectable"

4 Harvey's Bucket Mugs: $16 for the set

1 Giant set of "nicely" carved tiki fork and spoon: $20

1 Small set of poorly carved forks and spoons: didn't ask price

1 PNG 12" mask: $7 (Two weeks ago it was $5)

1 Hawaiian shirt book: $5

1 Aloha shirt book: $30

1 Thrashed copy of KonTiki with slipcover: $2

200-300 random 60-70's Hawaii postcards: 25 cents each, less if you buy more

1 Coco Joe Menehune: didn't ask price

1 PNG woven mask styled thing: didn't ask price

My friend called me from the swap meet later on yesterday after I left and heckled me missing one of these for $5: Okolehao Green Tiki Mug

And this is what I ended ujp bringing home:

Daga Fisherman's Wharf Tiki Mug

OMC Hawaii Kai Skull mug

2 Tikis Bar and Grill tiki mugs

Black Moai tiki mug from Kemoo Farm, Hawaii

Tiki shirt with one of those groovy plunging neckline/ single button configurations

Hawaii postcards:

I dig that Coco palms bed. I bet the ADA would make something cool like that never possible in this country again.

Total spent: $19.50

Bigbro, I hope I've restored your faith that the well has not run dry, yet.
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-05-09 11:42 ]
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Great finds Buzzy .The Kono Hawaii mug you found is a super mug and very difficult to
find .When we moved to Orange in the mid 70's this place was not to far from us,
so we would go there often.This is a super find, a much better score then you give
yourself credit for ...congrads .
PTD

Nice finds as usual Buzzy, no, the well has not run dry yet. In fact, one of the regular vendors I buy stuff from says "tiki has slowed way down" leading me to believe that maybe, just maybe, more tiki, poly pop and hawaiiana would be resurfacing and be in abundance for the died in the wool collectors?

Was sick for a couple of weeks, so today was my first day out in awhile...

Mugs and glassware all repeats...


Tonga Room San Franciso Hurricane glasses.


Tonga Room San Francisco 3 faced slim bucket mug.


Islander Stockton 3 faced slim bucket mug.


Islander Stockton hula girl mug.


Islander Stockton brown peanut mug.


Coco Joe's Moai.


United Airlines? Resin Maori tiki wall hanging. Bought with the United Airlines fountain, possibly from the same travel agency.


United Airlines tiki fountain.



Some Witco piece, probably a bowl that belongs to another piece or part of another carving?

See you soon,

PTD
B

You were sick? No, man, that haul of yours is what's "sick"! :) (meant in approving manner...is it not used as such by young folks nowadays?)
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Nice UA digs PTD .
T

I am a rookie Tikiphile and have been collecting since late 2008. I became a member in March of 2009. I have been a lurker taking in as many topics that I could. I started posting when I decided to remodel my Sports room (converted detached garage) into a Tiki Lounge.

I am retired so I am able to shop the local thrift shops as I please. Normally 4 to 5 times a week. My Tiki collection has grown to over 300 and the majority have come from garage sales and thrift shops. I depend on the veteran collector posts here on TC. I have learned much here but realize I have not touched the tip of the iceberg.

I had good finds last week at the local thift shops.

Tuesday I found this Tiki skull that most of you would have instantly would have recognized. I picked it up, removed the price tag and saw it was from Trader Vics.

Wednesday I found this on a bottom shelf of a local thift store. I didn't know where this was from until I came home and researched it. Can anyone give me more information on the Kono Club in Oakland,Ca.?

Friday I found these two guys made by HIP in 1973. They stand 9" tall. Right next to them was the below pictured Tiki Mug.

I am retired from the City of Santa Ana and was familiar with Kono Hawaii on Harbor Blvd. I even frequented the place a couple of times. Unfortunately I was not a Tikiphile in the 80's, darn it. I have been looking for a mug from the Kono Hawaii in the wild since I started collecting. I flipped when I picked up this mug and saw where it was from. This Ku is in great condition and even has the OMC sticker on it.


[ Edited by: TikiVato 2010-05-09 22:06 ]
LLT

Awesome Finds there Tikivato!
a Trader Vic's Skull Mug?!?!
SCORE!!!
Stay away from the thrift Shops in Orange please!
:)

Thanks again for that Dark-n-Stormy at BooBen's garage Sale!
S


thanks Goodwill!
T

I need the help of some veteran collectors. I found this bowl at a local thrift a little over a year ago (before I started posting). I've searched ooga-mooga but couldn't find it. Both pieces were attached to each other with tape and both have an OMC/Japan sticker on the bottom. Neither have any other markings. I'm not even sure they are a set. Can someone help identify where this could have come from?
B

VERY nice find! OMC stands for Otagiri Mercantile Company, this Moai bowl is I guesstimate from the early 60s, here is some more info on them:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26738&forum=5&vpost=351907

Someone here might remember a menu that shows this specific bisque version of the bowl with Volcano insert?
T

On 2010-05-12 21:51, bigbrotiki wrote:
VERY nice find! OMC stands for Otagiri Mercantile Company, this Moai bowl is I guesstimate from the early 60s, here is some more info on them:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26738&forum=5&vpost=351907

Someone here might remember a menu that shows this specific bisque version of the bowl with Volcano insert?

Thank you. I will check into that infor. I do have your book, Tiki Modern that I am constantly reviewing. I just bought The Book of Tiki that I can't wait to get. I will get The Sound of Tiki. Unfortunately I was out of town and missed your last two events. I will be in Vegas on the 23rd and will miss the upcoming event.
B

With your luck at finding stuff, you're gonna need the BOT! :) The earlier posted mug that you thought says "Kono Club" actually is from the Kona Club, a new, well done, classic style Tiki Bar in Oakland.

Bad timing there with my CD signings, Vato. But you can still get my CD at 8-ball in Burbank.
LT

On 2010-05-12 21:51, bigbrotiki wrote:
VERY nice find! OMC stands for Otagiri Mercantile Company, this Moai bowl is I guesstimate from the early 60s, here is some more info on them:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26738&forum=5&vpost=351907

Someone here might remember a menu that shows this specific bisque version of the bowl with Volcano insert?

I've only seen that insert with the larger volcano bowl (as seen below in some photos I pulled from an auction). Unless there is a menu showing this pair together I would guess that they were originally separate pieces. A very nice find none the less; I'd be quite happy to have those pieces!

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