Tiki Finds

On 2010-11-17 02:50, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
Nice one Swizzle! How tall is it?

It's about 15" tall.

i've wanted one of these for a long time now.....i finally picked this one up today at an estate sale for a lousy $2.....i stole the picture from ooga mooga because i am too lazy right now to take my own picture....

Some recent finds at a local charity store:

"Legends of Rotorua" (1969 paperback edition):

It is profusely illustrated:

And a travel book from 1968:

Along with a pack of playing cards:

CN

Here are some of my recent finds, found a ton of great Japanese Floats at a local estate sale, bunch of mugs and an awesome tray and menu from the SS Lurline...

My favorite piece is this globe-sized float...

Here are all the Japanese floats I picked up, including a rare marked "sausage" float. (the ones on the window sill, not the hanging ones, which are modern decorative pieces)

I found a set of these yesterday and the story behind them is that the daughter was going through her dads storage. She said they were in storage for over 30 years.

My camera is in a funk right now so this is one on pulled off line. They measure 9" tall with the bar on the grinder of course another inch? When I can upload a actual photo of these I will.

On 2010-11-20 10:10, BigRedTiki wrote:
Here are some of my recent finds, found a ton of great Japanese Floats at a local estate sale, bunch of mugs and an awesome tray and menu from the SS Lurline...

Nice Mike!

On 2010-11-19 19:48, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
i've wanted one of these for a long time now.....i finally picked this one up today at an estate sale for a lousy $2.....i stole the picture from ooga mooga because i am too lazy right now to take my own picture....

Wow great find! Now about royalties for using my picture...

This popped up in a local shop. About 40 inches long, sparkly paint (possibly puff paint?) on black velvet. The detail is so defined, I wonder if it was based off a picture or postcard of an actual place? The manufacturer appears to still exist at the same address.
Anyway, it was a fun find.

Some of my Tiki Finds this past weekend from our trip to Atlanta and Trader Vic's.

We got there and Vic's was closed, but we found some good Tiki Stuff, I especially like the United Airlines pieces (THANKS GEORGE!) and the fish float christmas tree ornament.

I also found a King Kong Jim Beam for $10 and considering Dino passed away last week, I couldn't pass it up, I still say he's TIKI! :wink:

Thanks for looking,

Paul

Wow, those United Airlines Tikis are a great find...one would be already, but two!? Did you get them from a collector? Expensive? These are good times for Tiki buying!

On 2010-11-22 07:14, Tiki-Atari wrote:

This popped up in a local shop. About 40 inches long, sparkly paint (possibly puff paint?) on black velvet. The detail is so defined, I wonder if it was based off a picture or postcard of an actual place? The manufacturer appears to still exist at the same address.

Ha! Book of Tiki, page 136. And here's the postcard it is based on, they just left the "MAI KAI" signage off the poles :

Actually, this is the shorter version, it exists as an extra wide-screen version that matches the size and composition of the black velvet rendering. The only example of that I ever saw was in the Oceanic Arts archive, but it disappeared before I could duplicate it! :cry:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-11-23 14:17 ]

Big Bro, the United pieces came from an antique store in Chicago and were shipped in today.

They were pretty cheap, under $100 for the pair.

I'm getting some more stuff in soon and duplicates I will offer here first.

Paul

Cool, good deal.
Here is the long-gone Mai Kai sign in all its carved glory in 1965, when they had their big expansion:

...together with a caption in the humorous style of the material I published already in Tiki Modern. Gotta love it!

Two observations about the black velvet:

It does not seem to be painted, but drawn onto the velvet with paint marker pens?
And the other poles in it display some American Indian totem pole features :D :

A master piece it ain't, but a rare curiosity of historic American Tiki style.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-11-22 10:14 ]

I am still thinking about that painting. Here is a close up of the sign posts from the previous page:

Mine does not have that swank SPARKLY paint job that yours has, Tiki Atari. Nor did any of the other ones I have seen so far.

But otherwise it's the same. They must have used some kind of template. What is "puff paint"?
My piece is quite cheaply made, with a plastic golden frame, and thin velvet. Very light weight for its size.

I wish they would have made this in the "backlit cityscape" style, one of my favorite concepts in American kitsch art!:

This is the kind of stuff we Europeans just stare at in disbelief. So cool.
Imagine the torches and the hut windows glowing with lights!

"Puff Paint" is a kind of plasticized craft paint frequently packaged in plastic bottles with pen-like applicator tips. When the paint dries it swells slightly, leaving raised lines. The stuff was tremendously popular during the 80's here, and frequently came mixed with glitter. The applicator bottle could be used like a pen (I definitely think you were correct when you said the painting looks drawn as much as painted). On my version of the painting some of the strokes were with the pen tip and some with a brush, leaving different levels of dimensionality depending on the line in question. The frame on mine is fake plastic.
Here is a picture of a bottle of puffpaint, just for fun. (I swear my sister had a hundred bottle set of this stuff in all colours).

I'm looking forward to hanging this alongside a printout of the MaiKai postcard used for reference...thanks for the ID!

I remember my mother going to parties in the 60's (like tupperware) for a type of paint that came in tubes but had a roller tip like a ball point pen. The name was Tri Chem Liquid Embroidery. It looks like that style of "drawn lines". They sold all kinds of pre-stamped items and you colored them as you pleased. Here is a link to some ebay auctions.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=tri+chem+paints

I'm putting my money on Tri-Chem as the maker. Apparently they are still in business. Maybe if you email them a pic they could confirm or deny my hypothesis and maybe even give you an approximate date of manufacture.
http://www.trichem.com/

Here is an auction that includes a black velvet prestamped sheet. http://cgi.ebay.com/large-lot-15-pictures-paint-vintage-80s-Tri-chem-/310064927137?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48314f51a1
I'm done editing now. Time for bed. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. We had a lot of TriChem around the house when I was a kid.

Darilyn

[ Edited by: LiddleLola 2010-11-23 23:34 ]

[ Edited by: LiddleLola 2010-11-23 23:44 ]

Haaa, TC coming thru again, thank you Darylin! "Tri-chem liquid embroidery"! The new standard in black velvet painting! :) I love those 50s/60s "high tech" word creations, like the "Tectum Pan-L-Art" tiles at the Kahiki.

"The master piece of this lot is of course the medicine man. Native Indian picture measures 18" x 24" and come with instruction. This one is perfect condition with no stains or damages. It is just great. #7780. 70% rayon, 30% polyester"

Indeed! 100 % artificial canvas! Though I am partial to the Baby Lion/Tiger and Butterfly one, too:

....and:

On 2010-11-23 14:21, Tiki-Atari wrote:
I'm looking forward to hanging this alongside a printout of the MaiKai postcard used for reference...thanks for the ID!

Tiki Atari, for a better quality reproduction you can find that rendering in "Tiki Modern" also. I wanted to put it in the BOT, but did not have enough room for both, the cool moderne ORIGINAL rendering of the Mai Kai took precedence.

Another store, another score.
Barkcloth, provenance unknown.
Also found 4 Tiki Leilani mugs at $5 a pop..took one, left the rest in the wild.

[ Edited by: Tiki-Atari 2010-11-24 19:06 ]

I've got a huge box of old postcards, clippings, maps, and other travel souvenirs. Most of it was route 66 area late 40's stuff. The only tiki related item in it all was this:

And other stuff
Coco joes with a different face than the one like it that i already had:

Polystone Menehune, different color than the one I already had:

Buzzy Out!

Not a tiki, but definitely a Tiki find. Craigslist find from an old timer out past Elsinore. I guess he used to own a house in Mexico back in the 1960's,(prior to C.I.T.E.S.) and this shell was dredged off of the bottom by shrimp fishermen. It looks to be a Hawksbill because of the pronounced scutes on the carapace.
12"x16"

picked up this sascha brasthof piece recently.......

Brought home some new stuff this week to be housed as part of the permanent collection:

Little Hawaiian tiki

HIP rascal

Tiki from Bora Bora

New junk, barely made the cut, probably candle holders:

Tourist decorative club from maybe Fiji?

My favorite piece of the week, A Maori Taiaha. This is a full length one at 5'3"

Easter Island Kava kava man with a bird on his head:

Tahitian tiki sword/stick:

I passed on Moai tissue dispenser and a yellow Whalers moai mug...
Buzzy Out!

Thank you Melissa for the great statue.Moai from the Kahiki.Will be restored in the early spring and ready to be lit again.As long as the fire department does not stop me....

Well well well, The Kahiki comes to New Hampshire!

Congrats kustomculture73!!!!

[ Edited by: The Granite Tiki 2010-11-28 13:17 ]

Nice!

After searching for one pretzel rattan chair for years, I actually got a whole set for just $550.00 from a nice couple in Cupertino that bought it in Malaysia in 1982. Two pretzel chairs, a sofa, and a table with hand made cushions.

Some info from their ad: "We purchased the set when we were living in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia in 1984 at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel on the Island. As you may know the E & O Hotel was founded by the Sarkies Brothers in 1885 this is the first hotel they opened before they opened the also famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore."

The tag on the table reads:

Wing Hing & Co
No 62 Shop Street Penang
Modern Style Cane Furniture
and Chick Suppliers

From the Wing Hing & Co. Modern Cane Furniture and Chick Suppliers. And yes they did confirm that while you picked up your furniture you could pick out your baby chick that would be your future dinner.

And I am happy as a clam with my purchase.

Today I had my first antique store tiki find, this Suffering Bastard mug in the stone green glaze. Labeled "Tiki Hut, Party Cove, Turks & Caicos." I also saw a set of four Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hula Girl mugs for a good price, but I didn't realize they were worth picking up until after I'd left. I may have to go back.

A new Marquesan tiki from Kona...about 20" h. and of Monkey-pod wood.

On 2010-11-28 19:02, Grand Kahu wrote:
A new Marquesan tiki

That's a Cook Islands tiki. Like these from Rarotonga:

Buzzy Out!

Yup, thanks, it is Cook Islands style!

GK

p.s. (My other tiki is a Marquesan) That really should be a bumper sticker...

I found this massive ceramic-like bank. Bought it cheap just because I really liked it but am curious if someone has seen these before. It is about 18" tall and weighs a ton! The exterior finish looks too slick for a DIY craft but the coin cutout and stopper hole in back are really rough. Inside the the bank's legs are hardened ropes (for stabilization during creation perhaps?)No markings anywhere. Functionality wasn't thought out in the design process as the coins can slide down into the legs and get stuck there. Maybe someone modified a commercially produced piece?

[ Edited by: trutiki 2010-11-30 09:55 ]

[ Edited by: trutiki 2010-11-30 09:57 ]

Found this shirt that features the Mark Thomas Outrigger mug.

Hey Bongo, COOL SHIRT! I've never seen that one. Who is the maker?

On 2010-11-30 07:15, trutiki wrote:
I found this massive ceramic-like bank. Bought it cheap just because I really liked it but am curious if someone has seen these before. It is about 18" tall and weighs a ton! The exterior finish looks too slick for a DIY craft but the coin cutout and stopper hole in back are really rough. Inside the the bank's legs are hardened ropes (for stabilization during creation perhaps?)No markings anywhere. Functionality wasn't thought out in the design process as the coins can slide down into the legs and get stuck there. Maybe someone modified a commercially produced piece?

Awesome find. I actually had one of these once and sold like an idiot. Mine was exactly like yours with one exception...there was no hole to retrieve the coins. So...I would have had to break it if I wanted to save my pennie in it. If I recall mine was about two feet tall and weighed a TON. I bought it from some true retro-merchandise dealers about 10 years ago. I am guessing it is from the 60's. Just a guess though.

On 2010-12-01 05:31, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
Found this shirt that features the Mark Thomas Outrigger mug.

I have one exactly the same. One of my favorite shirts. Good find!

On 2010-12-01 05:31, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
Found this shirt that features the Mark Thomas Outrigger mug.

Wow, it also has and early Bosko mask, AND the profile face from the Covarrubias map on it!:

That shirt designer is obviously in the know...

On 2010-12-01 06:22, SilverLine wrote:
Hey Bongo, COOL SHIRT! I've never seen that one. Who is the maker

Not exactly an exotic tag: "CACTUS Black Lable" Anywho, glad ya like the shirt and Uncle Trav and I will have to be careful not to show up wearing the same shirt!

Male and Female tiki bottle opener

Kahiki Salt & Pepper Shakers

Harvey's Sneaky Tiki Mug

Found but didn't buy yet...$1800 clams for this 6ft baby

That six-footer looks like a Barney West. Still pretty expensive though. Are they willing to bargain down?

On 2010-12-01 22:55, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
That six-footer looks like a Barney West. Still pretty expensive though. Are they willing to bargain down?

I spoke to the dealer and he's willing to negotiate.Going to contact him today to see if we can make a deal.

What's not working?

Anyone ever see a green Fairyland Import Lantern Bowl?

I apologize for the photos, not all of my lights are hooked up at the moment.
When the sun comes through the window this afternoon I'll try to take some better shots.
I was just too excited to wait. The only flaw with this bowl (?) is that it had a piece broken and glued back by the previous owner. But that wasn't enough to pass it up. I think this is a rare one. I hope. There was no sticker on the bottom, but I remembered this thread from a few years back: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6724&forum=1

On 2010-12-03 07:43, Unkle John wrote:
I apologize for the photos, not all of my lights are hooked up at the moment.

Don't mess with success! Those shots are GREAT! Lots of texture and contrast, good white balance . . awesome!

On 2010-12-03 11:21, SilverLine wrote:
Don't mess with success! Those shots are GREAT! Lots of texture and contrast, good white balance . . awesome!

LOL Thanks for the kind words Silverline!

If anyone want to see the richness of the colors, here's another shot:

Not much lately up this way, found these today.

Been taking a break from this thread but here are a few things as of late..

2 Mai Kai mugs
2 Mt Fugi Inn mugs (1 has been gifted to Psycho Tiki D)
1 hobby mug that was an interesting find
Kahiki salt & peppers
Made in Japan Ku S&Ps
Kon Tiki pitcher

Liz, could you please post a side view pic of that hobby Moai?

On 2010-12-03 21:29, 4WDtiki wrote:
Liz, could you please post a side view pic of that hobby Moai?

Of course. Here is that and also a pic of what is on the bottom. Not sure what that paper label thing is that is also attached to the bottom but that is what is under the name

Thank you! I love that mug, very Witco, but without the woodgrain.