Tiki Mug in central Illinois

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W wjake Member Champaign, Illinois Joined: May 30, 2006 Posts: 15	W wjake Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 5:18 AM Apparently this is news, because there was a news story about it! Check it out: http://illinoishomepage.net/media_player.php?media_id=54681 And here is the link to the ebay listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/Steve-Crane-Associates-Tongue-Tiki-Mug_W0QQitemZ140289825696QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item140289825696&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1209\|66%3A1\|65%3A12\|39%3A2\|240%3A1318
T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 5:48 AM I would be pretty stoked to see that on my local news! Even though some of the info. they say isn't correct and they keep calling the mug ugly, they at least did show a few cool pictures. Actually, that mug is a bit ugly but it is very well done and a very original design. Interesting story. Thanks for the post!!
TM Tipsy McStagger Tiki Socialite HELL Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 3685	TM Tipsy McStagger Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 7:48 AM the unfortunate side of this is that now the word gets out and every antique dealer or shop owner starts looking at their tiki mugs in the shop in a whole new light...the best part of the steve crane mugs series is that most are not obvious tiki looking mugs....which means they often get passed over in the shops and flea markets by the uninitiated in terms of buyers and sellers as well...the eagle bowl is a perfect example...looks nothing like a tiki, yet it is one of the rarest steve crane mugs and probably the most valuable....all this t.v. news show has done is open the eyes of more folks to tiki and that means we will be finding less mugs in the wild and higher prices on the ones we do find...
BPB Bay Park Buzzy Tiki Socialite West Bay Park, San Diego, CA Joined: Apr 07, 2006 Posts: 3066	BPB Bay Park Buzzy Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 8:32 AM I'm going to jack the bid up super high, win, and then not pay. That will teach them... Best thing is they cannot give me a negative fedback! Buzzy Out!
A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1601	A arriano Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 1:31 PM On 2008-12-19 08:32, Bay Park Buzzy wrote: I'm going to jack the bid up super high, win, and then not pay. That will teach them... Yeah! That's the holiday spirit. Screw the charity!
TR Tiki Royale Member The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA! Joined: Dec 06, 2002 Posts: 891	TR Tiki Royale Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 4:34 PM Oh man!!! I love that the mug has been floating around the office for the last 10 years and no one wanted it. Aloha, :tiki:
M MauiTiki Member A rock in the middle of the Ocean Joined: Jan 20, 2003 Posts: 716	M MauiTiki Posted posted on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 10:00 AM On 2008-12-19 07:48, Tipsy McStagger wrote: ...all this t.v. news show has done is open the eyes of more folks to tiki and that means we will be finding less mugs in the wild and higher prices on the ones we do find... Maybe all the old Steve Crane mugs will now suddenly emerge and hit ebay all at once, flooding the market and lowering the price! I guess I'm one of those "ooga-mooga's out there".
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 10:29 AM Hey wJake! Thanks for the link and info! My sister lives in Champaign and i grew up in Danville... parents still live there! How funny that them folks been handing it around their office so long... In Central illinois,there ain't much tiki or quality news so it's nice to see a tiki-related feature! i just sent my parents and sister each the latest copy of Tiki magazine Expect a second wave.... :)
H Haole'akamai Member The Polynesian Port of NOLA Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 2276	H Haole'akamai Posted posted on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 11:07 AM On 2008-12-19 16:34, Tiki Royale wrote: Oh man!!! I love that the mug has been floating around the office for the last 10 years and no one wanted it. Yeah, it's pristine. I dunno how that happened...
W wjake Member Champaign, Illinois Joined: May 30, 2006 Posts: 15	W wjake Posted posted on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 11:49 AM On 2008-12-20 10:29, little lost tiki wrote: Hey wJake! Thanks for the link and info! My sister lives in Champaign and i grew up in Danville... parents still live there! Hey LLT! Dad grew up in Danville, I grew up in Rantoul, live in a small town between Rantoul and Urbana right now. You're not a VanDyke are you...? :wink: I was just shocked that they had the wherewithal to check the value of it. I hope they make a bunch of money for their charity.
HB hala bullhiki Member champaign,illinois Joined: Nov 26, 2002 Posts: 592	HB hala bullhiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 9:28 AM how the hell did jet sterling,java,ted tiki and patty , scott and amanda from furniture lounge, and my wife and i miss this?....and yeah, those are all tiki central folks from the champaign area....wow good for them, sucks for me....hey llt, if your ever out this way visiting, pm me, you can stop by my tiki room (see old thread:http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28853&forum=1 )....ah danville, or deadville as we call it....my band played there a couple times a few years back...its sad what that town has become.
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 2:13 PM Rad.... Well, i don't get out there too often but next time i visit my sissy I'll throw out the word! Would love to see some down-home tiki domains! Yeah, mom and dad say Danville has taken a turn for the worse these past 10 years... Go Vikings! :)
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 2:18 PM and Dick and Jerry Van Dyke DID go to my alma mater at Danville High School but that was years before ... a long time ago....
HB hala bullhiki Member champaign,illinois Joined: Nov 26, 2002 Posts: 592	HB hala bullhiki Posted posted on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 8:16 PM oh and wjake where are you from? thanks for posting this, great to hear another tikiphile is in central illinois,we'll have to meet up sometime next year and talk tiki....my wife and i just had our 2nd child in dec.19th, so it might be a bit, but pm me for sure.
S suzanne Member Oakland Joined: Mar 31, 2005 Posts: 666	S suzanne Posted posted on Thu, Dec 25, 2008 10:08 AM of COURSE some person like that ends up with a Steve Crane mug! Sigh. Suzanne
T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 25, 2008 10:30 AM AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!! Gag Gift !!!! AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Thu, Dec 25, 2008 12:47 PM Thank you for sharing the ugly mug video, I really enjoyed watching it. Too bad the mug was cracked and chipped after rotating for so long in their office.
H Haole'akamai Member The Polynesian Port of NOLA Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 2276	H Haole'akamai Posted posted on Thu, Dec 25, 2008 12:51 PM that's the thing, though. It doesn't seem to be all cracked and chipped. In looking at the photos from the ebay auction, it looks in really good condition. It's a holiday miracle...

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