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Rob Roy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 03, 2004
Posts: 325
From: Ventura, CA
|  Posted: 2006-09-25 2:38 pm
I was in Oakland earlier in the month and decided to stop by Antiques by the Bay Swapmeet. I had no luck in the swapmeet so decided to look around the Auctions by the Bay warehouse. I looked around and saw nothing on the first pass. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw this on an bad 80' table.
When put back together...
All for only $30.
It looks old and it is some type of palm. It is about 4 feet tall. The varnish is warn away more on the head than the body. Does it look familiar to anybody? Do you think I should recoat it?
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Hula Cat
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 14, 2006
Posts: 169
From: Bellows Falls Vermont
| Posted: 2006-09-25 3:47 pm
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On 2006-09-24 12:37, tikiskip wrote:
Just picked this up the other day. Does any one know where this is from?
Is it tiki? I got it for free. But the crane cost $350.00.
Did I pay too much?
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my girlfriend said she'd get me one IF I'd get her the fireplace..........do you know what that would cost?........delivered!........you look great up there but the shot is even better when flipped sideways...........Velcro sneakers!!
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boutiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 03, 2002
Posts: 463
From: The fly-over states
| Posted: 2006-09-25 3:53 pm
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On 2006-09-24 12:37, tikiskip wrote:
Just picked this up the other day.
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Wow! Nice. I'm speachless... (and jealous)!
-Duke
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tikiskip
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 1355 | Posted: 2006-09-25 4:24 pm
Duke Carter is jealous of me! Wow! now I'm Speachless!
Thank you.
Oh it is made of rebar and concrete.
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 20, 2003
Posts: 889
From: Edmonton
| Posted: 2006-09-25 6:30 pm
I'm kinda envious of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo hat.
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tikipedia
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 25, 2004
Posts: 474
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2006-09-25 6:49 pm
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On 2006-09-24 12:37, tikiskip wrote:
Just picked this up the other day. Does any one know where this is from?
Is it tiki? I got it for free. But the crane cost $350.00.
Did I pay too much?
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That is amazing!!! Man, I would love to have that in my front yard.
Can you give us the backstory on this?
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tikiskip
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 1355 | Posted: 2006-09-25 8:04 pm
Ok here It is. I got a PM From Hula Cat here on TC. They said they were writing a book on the Kahiki. They saw my thread on TC about the Kahiki and thought I could help them out. So I told them yes and invited them to my home. I was so glad they were not some crazy A holes I could not wait to get rid of. Gerg and Melissa are great people!
Anyway I told them how to get in touch with the people I knew from the Kahiki.
They got me in on some talks with some I never met. Lee Henry was one.
Some of the people they interviewed were the Tsao family. In the interview Alice Tsao, the last owners wife, asked them if they wanted the Fireplace and the Moais.
They said yes. The only catch was they had to move them in three days. they asked me if I wanted one.
Well a, yes I do! Luckily my friend has a crane so I was able to
get it in time.
I need to say that had Melissa not taken this offer the three Kahiki items would have been cracked up and thrown away. She saved them!
Alright Hula Cat show your pictures!
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Tikiwahine
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3236
From: Victoria, Canada
| Posted: 2006-09-27 9:44 pm
Killer score skip!!
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Kenike
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 24, 2003
Posts: 1174
From: McKinney, TX
| Posted: 2006-09-28 4:26 pm
A few more postcard finds:
Half Moon Inn, Shelter Island
Hawaiian Cottage, Cherry Hill, NJ
Kon Tiki, Portland, OR...isn't that THE Stephen Crane & wife #4?
Outrigger Inn, St. Petersburg, FL
Tiki Gardens, FL
Tonga Room, San Francisco
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Tiki Royale
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Dec 06, 2002
Posts: 863
From: The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA!
| Posted: 2006-09-28 9:52 pm
WOW! I didn't know that Captain & Tennille used to play Tonga.
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rodeotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 21, 2004
Posts: 1513
From: calgary
| Posted: 2006-09-28 10:52 pm
something i found stuffed between a picture and the back of a old frame.
cover
inside left
inside right
After talking to my mother in law I found that her parents took this cruise. And Filslash gave me a link that showed it was one of the Matson fleet.
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Kenike
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 24, 2003
Posts: 1174
From: McKinney, TX
| Posted: 2006-09-29 04:43 am
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On 2006-09-28 21:52, Tiki Royale wrote:
WOW! I didn't know that Captain & Tennille used to play Tonga.
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LOL...and the Captain looks PISSED!
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twitch
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 12, 2006
Posts: 350
From: Vacant lot where T. Vic's, Van. was
| Posted: 2006-09-29 7:49 pm
Coupla books...
No year indicated on the party book, but looks to be from the 50s-early 60s
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tikipedia
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 25, 2004
Posts: 474
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2006-09-29 9:09 pm
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On 2006-09-28 16:26, Kenike wrote:
A few more postcard finds:
Tonga Room, San Francisco
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I would say it looks more like either Colonel Sanders
or
Sir Thomas Lipton (of Lipton Tea fame)
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Lucy Diamond
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 12, 2005
Posts: 34
From: Columbia, MO
| Posted: 2006-09-30 05:56 am
Here are a few tiki or Hawaiian items found recently in antique malls and junk stores.
Found these in the Kansas City area.
I'm interested to find out more about the green mug that says "Fishermans Wharf Honolulu". I have two of these, green and blue. The blue mug seems more finished, but they both appear homemade. Any Ideas?
These tiki finds came from a Trip to Las Vegas.
Mrs. Lucy Diamond scored this ceramic tiki statue in an antique store, I believe this may be our only example of homemade tiki. Its signed on the bottom "Austin 1962". Anyone seen something similar? Was this a school art project?
Thanks for the help....
Tikiman & Lucy Diamond
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