Tiki Finds

Picked up this sad tiki bar from a private seller on Facebook for $20. They even threw in a couple tiki torches. It's rotten from years of outdoor exposure, and falling apart, but I'm hoping to make use of whatever parts are salvageable.

That's one of Tiki Diablo's bars from home depot. I think they only made them for one season, about 2 years ago.

On 2017-09-10 11:16, Cavemoai wrote:
That's one of Tiki Diablo's bars from home depot. I think they only made them for one season, about 2 years ago.

Makes sense. I wish the carvings were solid wood, and not bamboo ply. The little tiki face in the center is about the only thing that isn't delaminating

Tikitube, a bar exactly like that one just popped up on the San Antonio CL on Saturday. Talk about coincidence!

Texas is a wasteland for classic tiki--for some reason, the home bar craze never took root here during the 50s and 60s. No basements, I suppose. So I got excited Friday when I learned there was an estate sale a couple towns over featuring a tiki bar area. Unfortunately, the sale started on Friday, so the really great stuff was gone before I got there Saturday. Even then, some cool stuff had already been set aside that morning (some of which I've already seen posted to the Austin CL). Regardless, I was able to abscond with a modest haul of tiki materials.

I'm still kinda shocked that punch bowl set was still there. It's dusty and needs to be cleaned up, but apart from one cup that has a crack in it, it's in excellent condition.

good little haul this last saturday - a couple vintage shakers, cocktail and wine guide from 1947, the guide to pink elephants from 1957, frankoma coconut, kon tiki shakers and some trader vics sure shot glasses in red and green!

Friday I went to a sale off of Craigslist that had tiki stuff listed. I got a good deal on some things and made a new tiki friend.

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I'd be eyeing this set of Matson menus on Etsy for some time, and finally decided to get them during a sale last week. I plan on scanning them and posting to the Matson Cruise Lines Collection thread soon.

On 2017-09-11 20:45, Hamo wrote:
I'd be eyeing this set of Matson menus on Etsy for some time, and finally decided to get them during a sale last week. I plan on scanning them and posting to the Matson Cruise Lines Collection thread soon.

Very nice Hamo, I’m glad that you ended up with them.

I'm still kinda shocked that punch bowl set was still there. It's dusty and needs to be cleaned up, but apart from one cup that has a crack in it, it's in excellent condition.

I went on the Friday and was VERY close to picking up that punch set. It's massive and I just really don't have a place to keep it. I walked away with plenty of other goodies including some mugs, a few outdoor statues, the bar and an Orchids lamp.

Needs some major clean up. The whole inside was covered with mud dauber nests.

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I figured you would've been there on Friday, Mike, with all the MCM they had. Glad somebody was able to get those pieces (and that Orchids lamp!) who would appreciate them. Was that bar commercially produced, or a home built job? I still have twinges about not grabbing that Siesta Ware glass set, but life's full of compromises.

On 2017-09-11 07:12, Prikli Pear wrote:
Tikitube, a bar exactly like that one just popped up on the San Antonio CL on Saturday. Talk about coincidence!

Hope it is in better shape than the one I found! :wink:

On 2017-09-12 07:38, Prikli Pear wrote:
I figured you would've been there on Friday, Mike, with all the MCM they had. Glad somebody was able to get those pieces (and that Orchids lamp!) who would appreciate them. Was that bar commercially produced, or a home built job? I still have twinges about not grabbing that Siesta Ware glass set, but life's full of compromises.

Not sure. If it's custom/homemade it was very well built. I'd venture to say the cloth panels were definitely added in recent years and the bar appears to be older. A lot of the stain on the bamboo is chipping away. In a dimly lit bar it probably wouldn't be noticeable but silly me, I started dissecting the bar, pulling each piece of bamboo off and stripping it. And now that I've started there's no turning back. Oh boy what have I gotten myself into!? It probably would have been less time, money and work to build it from scratch.

Good finds guys

On 2017-09-11 10:50, stevekh wrote:
good little haul this last saturday - a couple vintage shakers, cocktail and wine guide from 1947, the guide to pink elephants from 1957, frankoma coconut, kon tiki shakers and some trader vics sure shot glasses in red and green!

Great finds. Love the sets of TV's shotgun shell glasses.

Kon Tiki Hotel Salt and Pepper shakers

I was heading to our other home in Bullhead AZ this past Sunday. I stopped at a yard sale on the way to the freeway. My jaw dropped when I saw a box of six of these vintage tiles. The owners said they were hanging in an atrium of a home they bought twenty years ago. They have crazing but they are beautiful. Making my ride to Bullhead even more enjoyable.

Beautiful!...nice find!

Crazing is just a built-in voucher for "vintage." Great find. I've never seen a jade tile in Texas--in the wild or captivity!

Picked these out of a lotta junk at an estate sale.
Handful of books and a pamphlet from the from the Coco Palms. I thought that the small shied was Tapa covered but it turns out to be paint on animal hide. The dark brown on the hide is hair/fur. The tripod bowl holder feels like monkey pod wood. I’m not sure that either piece is tiki but they're going in my tiki bar

Vato
Nui

Bruddahas on a roll
:)

What hang10tiki said - fantastic finds, lads!

Found this in Pismo Beach last weekend. It was our 5th anniversary weekend. This Spurlin Vicious Virgin was the second best part. We got to see Humpbacks swim and frolic all day long from our room. :) Oh, I left behind a Tiki Bob, Don the Beachcomber Coconut, and a Mai Kai shrunken head...all in great shape...so if you are in Pismo....just sayin'

Lil kava bowl

On 2017-09-14 19:11, hang10tiki wrote:
Kon Tiki Hotel Salt and Pepper shakers

Those are GREAT!!! Wish I had move to the valley before they tore it down.

Found this six footer at a patio furniture store. This tiki was part of the decor there and had sat on concrete in the sun for the past two or three years. It’s a well weathered piece. but not a bit of rot. I intend to give it a good coat of sealer and place it where you see it in the following pix. It’s wired to a patio support.
Cheers

Nice find Dave.

Whoever :)
Nui nice
Hilt aloha

Found this Maui Lu mug at the Littleton Arc thrift store this afternoon.

While getting my oil changed this weekend, I scoped out the flea market across the street and found this Kon Tiki Ports ashtray.

There was also one from the Hotel Saraha’s Don the Beachcomber, but I didn’t really care for its design and passed it up.

Lil spin through Spokane WA

my weekend finds:

Harvey's punch bowl, Skipper Kent's salt shaker, Hawaiian Cottage parrot mug, lava hula girl and a maori wooden statuette - not a bad weekend!

Tiki related swag from our just completed North-west tour which included Vancouver, Portland, Tacoma, Bothell and Seattle. Followed by some much needed decompression on Vancouver Island before heading back east.

Mostly new stuff includes:

Vancouver
Shameful Tiki swizzle, matches, back scratcher and socks!!!!

Portland
Alibi mug (right), matches and trader-Vic style swizzles
Hale Pele mug (center), postcards, napkins, Hale Pele swizzles and Clement swizzle swizzle.
Book of Tiki from Powell Books
Trader Vic swizzles from antique mall
Rum Club swizzle and coaster

Tacoma
Tacoma Cabana swizzles

Bothell
North Shore Lagoon zombie mug (Dagon, Bringer of Enlightenment) and coasters

Seattle
Rumba Tiki Wed. coaster
Lava Lounge matches
Diller Room Tiki Tuesday menu

I do hope you plan to write up a trip report for us!

On 2017-10-13 11:19, Prikli Pear wrote:
I do hope you plan to write up a trip report for us!

I surely can. Question though, where would be the best place to enter a trip report?

Tiki Travel is as good a place as any. I'll be looking forward to reading it!

On 2017-10-13 18:16, rum on the rideau wrote:

Question though, where would be the best place to enter a trip report?

I posted mine in the Tiki Travel forum. Which reminds me. I really need to finish writing it....

Looks like something is written on the bottom
but I can’t make it out

Nice flat glaZe

Or maybe it’s just my eyes

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[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2017-10-15 15:58 ]

Found this on eBay...

Back says it's 1st place for 2006 AHL Hawaiian Idol?

Bump

Picked up this little tiki candle holder at a yard sale. Some sort of resin over glass, I think. For $2, why not!

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Some of the new stuff I got last few weeks:

6 foot tall PNG shield on a metal stand

2 10 foot long outriggers. I made the outrigger parts and put these in The Reef

Reef Bar Palm Springs patio boat 1

boat 2

Framed Maori resin set

Fiji placemat set

Magee's resin tiki

Wood stuff.

More reference

I found a few netless floats and buoys, so I started tying Asian long line nets for them


Then I started making glass float looking beachcomber art from empty apple juice bottles

And finally, I bought this cheap boat n a bottle because I intended on netting it, but I noticed it was made from business cards, so I'm keeping it as is

Buzzy Out!

Busy buzzy
:)

FOUND this in my mailbox
Thanx David Nui

You’re more den welcome,
Stay Tiki, my friend.

I rarely post finds but these got me a little jazzed up. All for forty bucks. :)

Score

On 2017-10-20 21:53, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:

2 10 foot long outriggers. I made the outrigger parts and put these in The Reef

Wow, sorry I missed those!

On 2017-10-20 21:53, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:

I found a few netless floats and buoys, so I started tying Asian long line nets for them

Nice rope work Buzz!

Stay cool during that heat wave over there!

Wide Moai Mug Dashed Yellow