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TRADER VIC's Warehouse Sale |
Pakalolo Man
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 07, 2007
Posts: 32 |  Posted: 2008-02-23 1:15 pm Permalink
thanks big bro- did not know that - interesting 
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bLOCKhEAD
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 16, 2007
Posts: 32 | Posted: 2008-02-23 1:51 pm Permalink
Hi just got back from the sale, we spent more than we were planning to.They had or have heaps of stuff
Table and chairs are from the tonga room got them at a different sale
I'm going to mount the frosted glass in a frame and hang it in my tiki bar.
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Tipsy McStagger
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: 3388
From: HELL
| Posted: 2008-02-23 2:11 pm Permalink
that frosted glass would look great if you built a lite box for it so it could be backlit with a red or orange lite....
nice finds....i hate you!! LOL
...my day of reckoning is coming soon....the aku tiki auction is right around the corner!!
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Psycho Tiki D
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2008-02-23 3:29 pm Permalink
Mai Tai and Gator Rob,
Thanks for the words...back for the time being.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TIKI DAY TODAY! Totally unbelievable and all for sale!
Any questions?
PTD
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GatorRob
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 1766
From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
| Posted: 2008-02-23 3:41 pm Permalink
Ah, nice score, PTD! Sad though to see he's been castrated.
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Psycho Tiki D
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2008-02-23 3:45 pm Permalink
Alas, this is not mine, but a good friend whom joined me today. This is an amazing tiki and some may recognize this as a San Fransico TV tiki, formerly from TV Washington DC. Yes, all of these tikis have a pedigree. I will post my tiki pole (heh heh)and tiki after I clean and place them in their place of honor!
PTD
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Psycho Tiki D
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2008-02-23 3:49 pm Permalink
Those two helpful ladies mentioned in a previous post were Kiara and Michelle, later a couple more reinforcments showed up, but yes, A Big Thank You to Kiara and Michelle. You were spread thin, but were gracious and attentive.
Thank you again!
PTD
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GatorRob
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 1766
From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
| Posted: 2008-02-23 3:58 pm Permalink
Ah yes, here he is (was) then at the SF Vic's:
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spy-tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 697
From: glendale, ca
| Posted: 2008-02-23 4:10 pm Permalink
so...what are prices like? I'm on the verge of jumping in the car for a quick 24 hour trip.
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TikiMookie
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 12, 2007
Posts: 176
From: No Cal
| Posted: 2008-02-23 4:33 pm Permalink
Wow, we had fun today. It was overwhelming... we'll probably go back tomorrow morning. Here's what we took home so far:
An Orchid Island Paddle from the Osaka Trader Vics
A Jade bladed axe
A float used in TV's restaurant as a lamp
2 small tapa cloths
1 large Mat aprox 5 x 6
A vintage mug and non vintage mug that match each other
Pix posted.
Three-legged dog purchased seperately... at 25% off..
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Psycho Tiki D
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2008-02-23 4:34 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2008-02-23 16:10, spy-tiki wrote:
so...what are prices like? I'm on the verge of jumping in the car for a quick 24 hour trip.
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Anywhere from $5.00 for a set of salt and pepper shakers to $10,000.00 for a twenty foot outrigger. Not cheap, but not unreasonable. Think of it as an opportunity to own a piece of history. Chances to buy stuff like this do not come along that often, if ever!
PTD
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-02-23 5:10 pm Permalink
Holy moly! That WAS a warehouse full! Some of the posts looked pretty authentic! What were those going for? And were they selling any complete colored frosted glass float lamps?
I don't think PTD's pal's Marquesan ever HAD a shlong. Looks like he was carved mitout. Still a classic.
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JenTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 16, 2006
Posts: 1817
From: An island in the bay
| Posted: 2008-02-23 6:48 pm Permalink
I didn't price out the big tikis, simply because I have no room for one, but I did pick up a few nice things, and may go back tomorrow for more (I saw some menehune bowls to match the one I got from Holden). Here's what I got:
S&P set: $5
Helmut shell (that's what she wrote on the receipt) bowl: $20
4 mini Mai Tai glasses: $2 each
and a pale ocean blue frosted float with hole for light, approx 16" diameter: $60
Here's a pic of all but the float, which is still in the car because I didn't want to go back out in the rain to get it from the trunk.
and here's a pic of the mini mai tai glasses with a regular-sized one for comparison
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Gigantalope
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 01, 2004
Posts: 913
From: Shinola, California
| Posted: 2008-02-23 7:59 pm Permalink
Holy Crap Mookie, do you like in a Trader Vics?
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sparklegem
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 20, 2003
Posts: 204
From: The Living Conditioned Homes
| Posted: 2008-02-23 8:43 pm Permalink
It was an amazing sale! We had the very best time. The two ladies that were working the sale were the best! They obviously loved everything as much or more then the TC'ers.
We don't have any pictures to post because they are shipping everything back down to Santa Monica for us. We bought a super cool tiki from the Emeryville Trader Vics, a medium glass float, four menehune bowls and a ceramic abalone dish. It was incredible to be surrounded by so much beautiful history. We were surprised since before the sale there were so many negative posts. For us it felt like one of those once in a lifetime experiences.
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