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eBay: Outrageously Cool Tiki Bar Decor - The Outrigger Canoe of My Dreams: |
Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
|  Posted: 2004-07-21 6:22 pm Permalink
Unfortunately, I'm on a budget right now. But someone needs to buy this vintage masterpiece and hang it above their bar, so that I can come see it and have a drink.
http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2001&item=3737828075&rd=1
Look at the beautiful color of that wood and the detail of the carving. Where do you think this item was bought originally?
Someone buy this, please.
Sabu
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mexatiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-07-21 6:45 pm Permalink
Hey Sabu...not that bad really reserve was $149.00...hit it with my first bid...you are correct that is a piece for keeping!
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2004-07-21 6:47 pm Permalink
Good Job, Mexatiki.
If you wind up the winner, I definitely want to come over and see it close up.
Sabu
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mexatiki
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Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-07-21 6:50 pm Permalink
Sabu, just showed it to the wife and she gave the thumbs up...we are digging into the private stash for this one...we will do a BBQ and Mai Tai viewing if we win!
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Tiki-Toa
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Joined: May 30, 2004
Posts: 1012
From: Somewhere on Planet Tiki
| Posted: 2004-07-21 7:51 pm Permalink
I agree Mexatiki that will look sweet over the bar, or anywhere in the bar, hope you win it.
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mexatiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-07-21 9:02 pm Permalink
Ok folks...someone else is after this one...not surprised as it is amazing...I have pushed this guy to 200 and now I am going to sit back and wait until the end...I am having a GOTTA HAVE IT MOMENT!!!
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Tiki-Toa
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Joined: May 30, 2004
Posts: 1012
From: Somewhere on Planet Tiki
| Posted: 2004-07-21 10:05 pm Permalink
Dang man you got outbid by two fiddy!
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mexatiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-07-21 10:16 pm Permalink
Now what does a guy named Docbaseball what with an outrigger with tiki's in it? Maybe he thinks they are holding little bats?
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2775
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2004-07-21 11:23 pm Permalink
Dont you hate it when this happens on Ebay?
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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
| Posted: 2004-07-22 12:35 am Permalink
That looks somewhat similar to this piece over the host/hostess station at Bali Hai:
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virani
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Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1434
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2004-07-22 02:59 am Permalink
I saw one exactly like this in one of the marquesas island...it was very very expensive. This is a great piece, congratulation.
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mexatiki
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Posts: 83
From: The South Bay
| Posted: 2004-07-22 07:49 am Permalink
It is a catch 22 Hiltiki, I wish it happened on all my auctions but that has become the nature of the beast...the truly hard to find things go for big bucks...unless they are listed incorrectly and the average pieces get average to low prices...3 days left on this one...hmmm we shall see how it ends up.
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foamy
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Joined: Jun 15, 2004
Posts: 585
From: The Land of Pleasant Living
| Posted: 2004-07-22 09:46 am Permalink
That's one of the coolest tiki pieces I've seen. Go get it Mexi!
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2004-07-23 01:28 am Permalink
There are not many things that I desire to own for my collection left, and I am always thrilled when something comes up that I feel I must have, this is one of those pieces.
I am gonna go for it, because Marquesan art is my absolut favourite, because I am working and have work coming up and will miss out on a lot of summer Tiki fun this year and deserve a treat in return.
It is not as elaborate as the one at the Bali Hai. I did not see anything like it when I was in the Marquesas, glad to hear from Virani they are still making them.
If I won't win it, I will have saved a bundle, but if I do, it will motivate me to work for more moolah!
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virani
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Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1434
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2004-07-23 01:34 am Permalink
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On 2004-07-23 01:28, bigbrotiki wrote:
I did not see anything like it when I was in the Marquesas, glad to hear from Virani they are still making them.
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Well, the one I saw was exactly like this one, in a smaller size. The tiki could be taken off the canoe, so as the pagae. It was in Ua Huka island, where there's the most beautiful tiki artcraft out of wood.
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