Kahiki Yes or No?

This Ebay listing has me stumped.
Can you tell? is it real or is it memorex?
Hey linda where you at? your mom would know.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hoffman-Pottery-Rare-Kahiki-Mystery-Bowl-Unusual-Tiki-/250766229053?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a62d4fe3d

This one too..
Linda did your mom do these in Chalk?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Chalk-Tiki-Ashtray-Kahiki-Restaurant-Columbus-Ohio-/250767879106?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a62ee2bc2

Interesting items skip!

I've never seen the bottom of a Mystery Bowl look like that. The paint job is different too. I thought these were made in Mexico? It does have the Hoffman Pottery logo though. Hmmmmm...

The albino ashtray does look real but never seen this before either.

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff

Just thinking out loud . . Wouldn't it be a lot of trouble to fake one? Sure, the payoff might be spectacular, but if you're really going to do it shouldn't you make it look like the menu photo? My guess is it's an undocumented but authentic piece.

Ashtray? Who knows. Looks simple enough to fake, much like some of the Trader Vic's Hawaii stuff.

Very interesting . .

It's real. I have seen 3 of them before.

On 2011-02-03 10:31, Swanky wrote:
It's real. I have seen 3 of them before.

Let me guess where you saw three at.

And Jeff the bottom is what made me think it was off.
Plus it has the same goofy brown smudge on both items.

The Mystery Bowl and the ashtray are in fact, authentic. The seller is an excellent seller and we have purchased from him before. He is mistaken about the ashtray as they were not made of chalk but rather a product called Pour Rock or Dur Rock which was a cement type mix. (it's been a long time ago). The ashtrays were not fired and that explains why you have discoloration and burn marks.

Thanks linda!
See you tonight.

Hey what about this mural behind Mr Ono?
Do you know where that was?
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=18136&forum=5&start=330&342

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2011-02-04 05:40 ]

On 2011-02-03 16:38, tikiskip wrote:

On 2011-02-03 10:31, Swanky wrote:
It's real. I have seen 3 of them before.

Let me guess where you saw three at.

And Jeff the bottom is what made me think it was off.
Plus it has the same goofy brown smudge on both items.

Yep, you guessed it, Ebay... I'd say they show up about 1 every year and a half.

I kinda thought you saw Frank and family eating Coco Puffs out of them one morning.
With one by the fridg for the dog.:P

Skip, very funny!

Gee, I'm so shocked who won the bowl. ((sarcasm))

Here are the photos on the "mystery bowl" as the ebay link will soon disappear.

Pricey little number.

DC

Brought to your table by US $1,424.99 !!!

Just curoius, was the volcano insert made of ceramic clay as well adn just fit into the groove in the bowl?
Awesome bowl, I know what I'd be looking for at garage sales in Columbus , Ohio area...!

On 2011-02-08 10:38, Beachbumz wrote:
Just curoius, was the volcano insert made of ceramic clay as well adn just fit into the groove in the bowl?
Awesome bowl, I know what I'd be looking for at garage sales in Columbus , Ohio area...!

The volcano is made of packed, shaved ice and a half of a lemon. Put some high octane (151) in the lemon and ignite.

[ Edited by: AlienTiki 2011-02-08 10:47 ]

Ahhhh... that's how it done... Even better than I thought.
Mahalo