Half price thrift shop labor day sale finds;
60's gravel art,'NATIVE DANCERS'

6 Tommy Bahama mugs,

Tik David...love the exotic dancers. I don't have much of it, but I'm a GREAT fan of gravel art!

Oh be still my beating bird bowl. I can't wait to find that in the wild!Its my holy grail!

Hey Miss Dee, Tell me more bout this bird bowl and I promise you I'll keep my peepers open for one down in the L A area or anywhere I might be. It'll be yours when I find one (disregard what I promised if this bowl costs me more than 2 bucks).
David

On Tiki David's shelf...Steve Crane bird bowl. I love it (and I want it)

went down south to drink...er...see my friends and bought a few things out and about

My wife was 'thrifting', and came home with these long-necked guys. She'd carried them around for a while, trying to decide whether I'd consider them to be worth the $8/ea price.
"They looked kinda funny, but I remembered you had one that said, 'Don the Beachcomber', that looked similar. I just wasn't sure if they were 'tiki' enough for you."
The clerk noticed her hesitancy, and lowered the price to $6 each. Score one for my wahine!

:down: Posed, flanking my DtB short neck mug :down:

Nice finds there Limbo Lizard...congratulations to the wife on that score.

Been a tough year in these parts. Lost my Dad in February, my son-in-law last month and I am two week recovery from back surgery. Trying to stay positive through the challenges.

Some recent finds. Good to be able to get back out there and actually focus.

Photo cover and photo from the Tonga Room 1947.

Photo covers and photos from The Papgayo Room (located in the Tonga Room) 1947.

Photo cover, photo and souvenir magazine Forbidden City 1940's.

Islander Stockton small logo ashtray.

Trader Sam's Barrel mug and tiki bowl. My daughter picked these up for me!

Primo Beer lighter.

Second Fred Roberts tiki mug.

Double coconut mug.

Bob Lee's Islander Peanut tiki mug.

Later,

PTD

Hi Psycho, nice finds, glad to hear you're back on your feet and "hoggin" all that good stuff in your part of our great state.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Limbo Lizard those mugs would be the only thing I wish for on a regular basis..

The white thing appears to be a piece of polished coral.

One mug and some matchbooks this week...

Tiki face bucket mug-Quon Quon I think, the one on the right is Quon Quon?

Matchbooks...

Later,

PTD

Two weeks worth of stuff:

Last week:

This week:

I've been a lifelong consumer of Sony audio products, so I was elated to get this promo Sony Moai:

Looks like it was repainted at some point...Since I have a Sony stereo in every room of my house, this Sony/tiki crossover piece will match the decor in every room!

Handfull of matchbooks cherry picked from a couple larger piles:

Trader Dick's peanut mug:

Treasure Craft tiki salt and pepper shakers:

Trader Vic's ashtrays:

Trio of Tahitian tikis

Tagged HIP god of love:

tagged HIP Happy God penholder:

Moai dish:

3 piece rattan Fish tank/display case with all the hardware:

Buzzy Out!

What a glorious rug!

:)

Does that The Castaways - Las Vegas list any other locations? It could be the missing link between the other location.

gabbahey

Does that The Castaways - Las Vegas list any other locations? It could be the missing link between the other location.

gabbahey

Nope. Just Vegas. I have another Castaways Vegas matchbook that lists a Los Angeles reserveation line. Other than that, nada.

Buzzy Out!

I was happy to win the bid on this Kahiki ashtray for a whopping $5. Nobody else bid on it probably because it was described as a khaki ashtray. It needed a lot of cleaning since it appeared as though somebody had used it to throw gum away. I'm very happy to now own something from the Kahiki.

LIL MORE...

TRADER DICK'S SHORT MOAI

I love this thread. Great Finds everyone.

In an antique store on Wednesday we found two of these shell bowls. We bought them because they said SAM'S on the bottom. We hope they are from Sam's Seafood in Huntington Beach. Anyone seen them before?

Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-09-15 14:26 ]

This week...

Solomon Grundy peanut mug #2.

Two vintage carved palm Tikis in arrested decay. Not going to restore these ones.

Later,

PTD

Not many vendors made it out in the heat here this weekend. Here's what I got:

Mugs came with the s + p set to make them more cost effective

Salt and pepper shakers came from Lion Country Safari:

I never made it there, but remember seeing it from the freeway when I was a wee lad.

Buzzy Out!

Nice Marq's PTD!

I found this at a flea market today.

Don't know much about it,but he's a heavy little fellow.

here's one I haven't seen before. anyone else?
Mr Peanut Mug, only a little larger.
bottom turn off,it's a candle holder with a metal handle on the back.
New one to me.

Trader Vics Table toppers

From two weekends ago:

Love the lighter almost enough to start smoking again,
NIB lighter:

and reverse:

NIB coasters:

Finds from this past weekend and some older that I missed:

I'm digging the volcano wallhanging:

Coaster and swizzle set (can it be NIB if the box is so destroyed?):

On 2012-09-17 09:37, TIKI DAVID wrote:
here's one I haven't seen before. anyone else?
Mr Peanut Mug, only a little larger.
bottom turn off,it's a candle holder with a metal handle on the back.
New one to me.

WOW! Is it a thin porcelain or something to let the light through?
Would love to see it aglow.

Pittsburgh pauly wrote:

WOW! Is it a thin porcelain or something to let the light through?
Would love to see it aglow.

OK ,upon further inspection it is thin porcelain, and it seems the little notch in the bottom of the top section,is for a electrical cord to pass through,and the base perfectly holds a
'Dept.56' light,with a metal clip.Snaps right in.
HERE YA GO,

Very nice, I want me a couple of those.

gabbahey

Me too.

[ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2012-09-18 17:23 ]

That PMP lamp is COOL! Never seen one before, nice score Tiki David!

DC

Found at local Savers. !0"Fijian warrior. Wood, heavy shellac finish. Tubular piece is 12',will post in " beyond tiki finds". It's a ? Swizzle, help me out. What is it? Fish float is an older find.

On 2012-09-19 18:21, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Tubular piece is 12',will post in " beyond tiki finds". It's a ? Swizzle, help me out. What is it?

It's 12 feet? Or did you mean 12 inches? With those aboriginal designs, maybe it's a didgeridoo?

Bear

Thanks Brudda,
I gotta stop typing with my thumbs- It's 12 inches and don't call me a braggart.