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I shift my focus just momentarily from Tiki to Halloween and look what happens...

T

Sweet finds from ya all, especially that Leeteg. Guess I need to get around to some thrift stores more often!

My only find today was this...


Don The Beachcomber drink and dinner menu. Also has the little "Zombie" drink card.

Saw lots of stuff I already had, but this I didn't.

PTD

T

That's it! :o I'm in the wrong neighborhood.. I need to come hunt in your neck of the woods. I've yet to find any good menu's. :x There must be a few others around here picking it all up. Damn it all. :(

Always a quandry when it comes to buying mugs I have multiples (and I mean multiples of)!

Today was pretty much dollar day and I found it extremely difficult to pass up any of these items.

I call most of these "starter" mugs, as in what most people find at first when they start their mug collections...


Four unmarked OMC Mr. Peanut mugs. Note the difference of size of the midddle and outside mugs.


Three Harveys "Sneaky Tiki" bucket mugs, one Trader Dick's jewel-eyed mug and a "Tiki Leilani".



Three different OMC Harvey's Lake Tahoe hula girl mugs.


Two Westwood tiki mugs, a New Zealand Maori bottleopener and a PMP small tiki handled mug.


Aqaurium Moai decoration.


One of the nicest Mermaid soapdishes I have found, along with the first Coco Joe's piece I have found that is said to be made with Monkeypod.


"Songs of the Islands" Interpreted by Lawrence Welk featuring Buddy Merrill.


"Pianos in Paradise" Ferrante & Teicher with their Orchestra Conducted By Nick Perito.

Interesting enough, this is actually a spiral binder travel brochure from Hawaiian Airlines.

It has around 60 pages of information about traveling the islands and what to do while there, with the same maps I have seen in the smaller brochures. It also includes a record of "Honeymoon In Hawaii" by the Hilo Hawaiians.


Hawaiian Airlines Map of the State of Hawaii.


International Market Place.


Polynesian Cultural Center.


Villages You Will Visit.


Sea Life Park.


Hawaiian Airlines.


The "Hilo Hawaiians".

Total spent today-$34.50.

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2008-10-05 17:05 ]

I too have a Harvey's, Lake Tahoe mug; can someone tell me: What's the history of this place and how is it they do mugs? They are not listed as a tiki place on critiki. I checked their website and it didn't look like they have a tropical bar. So how do they/did they have tiki mugs?

On 2008-10-05 17:11, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
I too have a Harvey's, Lake Tahoe mug; can someone tell me: What's the history of this place and how is it they do mugs? They are not listed as a tiki place on critiki. I checked their website and it didn't look like they have a tropical bar. So how do they/did they have tiki mugs?

Try this link...

http://www.critiki.com/cgi-bin/location.cgi?loc_id=508

Critiki is a pretty cool place to learn about tiki establishments!

PTD

A thousand pardons! I apparently did not enter the name correctly at critiki. Thank you, it is a very interesting story.

T

THE WEEKEND IN EDMONTON ALBERTA CANADA!
he is some stuff I found this weekemd!





also a couple records ....not bad for Canada!

Here's this week's stuff:

This is an interesting guy. I haven't done exhaustive research on it yet, but I'd guess PNG. It's about two feet tall.





A plaster copy of the CCJ's bookend/Pied piper/Randotti war god

I never picked this up in my Pink Floyd or HST phase, so I got it now while I'm in my tiki phase.

This book isn't as exciting as the title would have you believe:

It's about a group of ladies who went there to paint pictures of naked men

In the weird catagory, a Benadryl Maori back scratcher

At least it looks Maori


But it looks like it was modeled after a bad rendition in some old Anthropologist's field notes

You know, when the dumb scientist guy couldn't draw...

I'm still not totally convinced....



I know it's not aztec...

My only questions are: Why? and What is the Maori/ Benadryl connection?

And finally, a non tiki treasure craft whale set:

Buzzy Out!


[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2008-10-06 23:12 ]

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PsychoTikiD,

What is your secret to finding all the amazing stuff ?

BK

He sold his soul!

Buzzy, that is definitely a Maori tourist item, what a great cross-cultural piece!

Maybe there was some kind of pharmaceutical convention in N.Z. and Benadryl had these made as mementos? Not the greatest carving indeed, but it's based on existing Maori carvings. High weirdness value, for sure!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-10-09 09:34 ]

On 2008-10-09 09:30, bigbrotiki wrote:
Buzzy, that is definitely a Maori tourist item,

Maybe there was some kind of pharmaceutical convention in N.Z. and Benadryl had these made as mementos? ]

Hey Bigbro, it took me a couple days to find it in my references
Here it is with the original source:

I was thinking the same thing about the convention...
Here's the drug manufacturer's mark under the chemical name:

Buzzy Out!

T

TODAY IN EDMONTON ....

anybody know anything about these?....how desirable is it ? ...is it worthy of a collection or should I list it ?

[ Edited by: TIKIVILLE 2008-10-09 14:06 ]

It's an ashtray. It's worthless. You should give it to me.

Here's one I found a while back.

UT

Nice find Tikiville. These ashtrays are common. They were sold as tourist items in a number of places. Many different glazes, styles and markings. I keep vintage matchbooks in mine.

I found these amongst a hundred or so other swizzle sticks. $2 for 2 cuploads of swizzles.


I am miffed about the Disneyland "Tiki Garden"...Were they referring to the Tahitian Terrace, OR do these swizzles predate the official naming of the Enchanted Tiki Room. I'm sure these swizzles were a promotion used on United Airlines since they were the first sponsors of the show, right?

Nice!

No reason to be miffed, Tom! Not only was United Airlines the traditional sponsor of the Tiki Room:

...these swizzles were used at the pineapple juice booth which stood... where? In the Enchanted TIKI GARDEN in front of the Tiki Room:

"Where Fantasy and Legend walk Hand in Hand with Tiki Talk"!!!
The Tiki Garden has been the stepchild of the Tiki Room forever, since it was considered the holding area/ waiting room for the "real" attraction, and its Tikis were not fully animatronic:

But it is actually the Tiki Garden that has provided all the Polynesian pop mythology and the more interesting Tiki art to us Tikiphiles, with Tangaroa the Talking Tree above, and various deities like Koro:

Hina, the Rain Goddess:

...and Ngendei, the Earth-shaker (here the original sculpt, right side up):

Not to forget Pele! Why, we would have never had as many wonderful collectibles without the Tiki Garden Tikis!

It is of course regrettable that this swizzle depicts that relatively generic, often used swizzle stick Tiki --but here at TC we know that that Tiki stems from the Kona Kai Marriott logo Tiki, which ultimately is based on the Trader Vic/De Young Museum Maori Tiki, and so all is well, after all... Right!? :)

THURSDAY NIGHT IN EDMONTONS NORTH END!

D

i posted my finds in TV Auction thread. page 2 has the pix of what i brought home.

i think this is my favorite

here's some of the past few weeks "greatest hits" of my tiki finds....

I can't believe i found one of these in the wild...perfect shape for a lousy $5.....this has been a holy grail of mine for years....i have only seen this once in a book....anyone remember what book?? i can't seem to find it .....

**** it's on the cover of intoxica.....!!!*** i just answered my own question....

this panther lamp was also in flawless shape.....for a lousy $8.....

got this pair for $4.....

mid century vase from germany....

pair of killer 50's dragon planters......

very creepy velvet painting from an estate sale....anyone know the artist?? it says Parr or poor or something....

50's fish hangings....

and finally a pair of nautical wall sconces.....i only show one but they are identical....


"the wheels of karma grind slow....but they grind fine !!"

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2008-10-11 17:51 ]

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Tipsy, nice finds. I love all the dragon planters.

WOW, Tipsy! Great scores!

i like those nautical lights.

K

2 cannible carvings.Both are 2' tall.
I'm not sure where they orig came from.

Nice finds from everyone, Tipsy, is that Tiki a Treasure Craft??

Today's finds...


Dynasty Wholesalers Hula volcano bowl...first one in the wild I have seen in these parts.



Norwegian Cruise Lines "Hang Ten" mug.



Norwegian Cruise Lines "Humuhumunu kunukuapua'a" mug.



Larger and heavier unmarked Surfer Girl mug. Slightly different from the older one on the right and newer one on the left.



My second and somewhat harder to find brown version of the Stockton Islander Mr.Peanut mug.


Three smaller jeweled Coco Joes tikis.

Thanks for looking!

PTD

,,after all these years i thought it was a treasure craft too...but it's not....and it's not quon quon either...the original label is on it from a company i never heard of before....though i don't have the tiki in front of me right now to verify, i will will look at it again and report back.....

T

Here is one of our finds this weekend.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20416&forum=5&start=last&495

Is it or Isn't it?

T

[ Edited by: tikipaka 2008-10-12 18:16 ]

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Paipo posted on Sun, Oct 12, 2008 7:49 PM

My only real "in the wild" find from 2 weeks in Australia, and believe me I was looking hard - I hit plenty of op-shops, markets and a few garage sales too. I did see plenty of mediocre and overpriced PNG stuff but little else.

These are about 3 1/2 inches long, made of the standard NZ wood-look resin with no marks. Looks like they did have stickers - maybe someone has one still intact?

On 2008-10-12 18:08, tikipaka wrote:
Here is one of our finds this weekend.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20416&forum=5&start=last&495

Is it or Isn't it?

it is witco.....i had the same identical witco tiki a few years back before selling it for big bucks on ebay back before 9/11, the stock market crash, the internet bubble bursting and whatever else kept folks from spending money over the last few years....ahhhh the good ol' days when everyone had disposable income.....it will be missed...

On 2008-10-12 18:08, tikipaka wrote:
Here is one of our finds this weekend.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20416&forum=5&start=last&495

Is it or Isn't it?

it is witco.....i had the same identical witco tiki a few years back before selling it for big bucks on ebay back before 9/11, the stock market crash, the internet ".com" bubble bursting and whatever else kept folks from spending money over the last few years....ahhhh the good ol' days when everyone had disposable income.....it will be missed...

This week's finds

A Schirman piece:

A Co co joe's hang loose ashtray

An original tiki brand torch in the original box

The graphics

It also came with a case of wicks

One of these glass tiki mugs...

with the faintest remnants of the Disney markings

A set of dancer's feather rattles

And finally, a choice vintage extremely rare Hawaiian record:

I wasn't going to get it until I saw this logo

Quad!

I have to fire up my Marantz quad receiver and wish I had quad turntable!
Buzzy Out!


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

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2008-10-13 10:49 ]

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2008-10-13 10:50 ]

this is me friends hyper-tufa moai looking out over lake erie

this is the one he made for me

just how manny differnt mai kai rum barrels are there out there? antone know?

I found a MAUNA LOA Detroit Michigan Swizzle in a West Texas junk store this weekend. The text is a little faded, maybe from being an over zealously stirred swizzle stick.


[ Edited by: catintexas 2008-10-13 11:25 ]

On 2008-10-12 19:49, Paipo wrote:

These are about 3 1/2 inches long, made of the standard NZ wood-look resin with no marks. Looks like they did have stickers - maybe someone has one still intact?

Aloha Paipo! Those are possibly from Parua Studios...

Nice finds out there....Thanks for posting everyone :)
Freddie

Some more stuff today...


Yet another version of the Orchids of Hawaii surfer girl mug. This one is marked Orchids of Hawaii R-80A, Japan. The other smaller marked version just has R-80A Japan.


Trader Vic's fogcutter mug from 1993.


Blue Hawaiian Inn mug.



Headhunter's Lounge and Jungle Room menu from the Thunderbird Motel, Treasure Island, Florida.


A "teaser" for Beyond Tiki Finds...trying to find out some more on this poster. It is not a reproduction and appears to be printed on the heavier old paper used way back when.

Later,

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2008-10-14 15:48 ]

Great finds, as usual, PTD. Here are mine from the last couple of weeks:
The first wooden mug I've ever found. Nothing spectacular, but worth a buck.

A neat lava Poi Pounder lighter

Coupla hula girls

3 chalkware hula chicks

Nice OMC scorpion bowl I didn't have

It's nice to have friends. My buddy returned from a car show with these 2 S&P sets

My other buddy scored these cleaning out the wine cabinet in his parents' basement:
An unused bottle of Tahiti Joe Mai Tai mix & an unused bottle of Falernum

My small remembrances of the New Tiki, R.I.P

I finally solved my fluorescent lighting issue! I hit a flea market yesterday & scored these swag lamps out of a restaurant in Wilbraham, Mass. The guy said the name of the place was Tequila's. Obviously, these were in the building long before Tequila's. Does anyone know the original name of the Poly-pop paradise these came from & does anyone know who manufactured them? I'm pretty sure they are worth the $5.00 each I paid for them!




I seem to be finding stuff in strange places these days. It must be my superior hunting skills! :lol:

Is this thing on?!?!?

Very nice lamps. And for only $5! I'm jealous!

Rick,

Seriously, those are some excellent finds. Sweet lamps, along with everything else. What was the timeframe on finding all that stuff?

PTD

Hey, Duane!
That is exactly 17 days worth of collecting. I scored some good stuff, but I'm also suffering from collector's remorse for what I didn't buy. At the same flea market I got the lamps at, a guy had a headhunter statue, holding a head, about 20" tall for $29.00. I passed, telling myself that I couldn't show my 10-year old daughter this well-endowed statue. About a half hour later, I got this brainstorm to just make a tapa loincloth for him, but alas he was gone! I've been thinking about it since & how stuff like that just doesn't show up around here. Oh well, I hope he found a good home!

Rick,

I wouldn't worry about what you didn't buy...the important thing is to enjoy what you found and wow, you found some pretty cool stuff, those lamps are sweet, not to mention all the rest of the stuff, especially the hula girls. Hell, it is all great! Keep it coming man.

D

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Paipo posted on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 4:29 PM

Freddie, thanks - it sure looks like it was made by the same artist to me. Most of this stuff went overseas so it's not as common here as I'd like. I thought I'd see more of it in OZ but had no luck other than these little guys.
PTD - can you please provide a legible pic of the story on your menu? That headhunter's lounge cover art is probably my all-time favourite 2D Tiki Modern design. Great find!

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