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Big Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
|  Posted: 2013-02-07 05:52 am Permalink
What a great idea! Sounds like you saved that sign just in time, before it ended up in the scrap heap.
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Go'in large are ya!!!?? 
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the bigger the better! will be great for a patio area surounding bar amongst some tropical plants etc with the neon lit up at night..
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Trad'r Bill
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 450
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-07 11:52 am Permalink
I came across this Leeteg Tahitian Chief authorized copy yesterday:
Its hard to see here, but it looks like someone tried to scratch off "copy"...it still has the Barney Davis sticker on the back too
Pretty good quality as far as these copies go:
-Trad'r Bill
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forgotten tikiman
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 18, 2011
Posts: 345
From: Forgotten Tiki Room. Pismo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-07 9:16 pm Permalink
Holy hell Tiki Trav. That sign is huge. Your backyard is going to be like the Griswalds during Christmas. Great score!! 
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Tiki Trav
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 631
From: NSW Central Coast, Australia
| Posted: 2013-02-08 12:14 am Permalink
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On 2013-02-07 05:52, Big Kahuna wrote:
What a great idea! Sounds like you saved that sign just in time, before it ended up in the scrap heap.
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It was gonna end up in the motel's pool first haha!
Best part is that after paying for a crane and scaffold and a bunch of cutting disks for the grinder I still brought that big bastard home and made $600!
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ukutiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 25, 2009
Posts: 132
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2013-02-08 2:54 pm Permalink
These masks are supposedly brought back from the Pacific Theater after WW II. Haven't seen them in person yet but he's asking an arm and two legs. Any opinions on age, etc?
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8FT Tiki
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Joined: Nov 30, 2003
Posts: 1172
From: Kansas City, MO
| Posted: 2013-02-08 3:15 pm Permalink
Personally, I don't think they're very old and aren't valuable either. I wouldn't call them tiki. Mass produced cheaply done tourist items. Don't pay a lot because they show up at thrift stores. But like we often say here, if you like them, you decide what they're worth to you.
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ukutiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 25, 2009
Posts: 132
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2013-02-08 3:18 pm Permalink
My opinion as well
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 677
From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2013-02-08 3:51 pm Permalink
I've noticed more sellers from various online sites using WWII as a selling point for "South Pacific" artifacts.
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Big Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2013-02-08 5:07 pm Permalink
I concur! Just cheap, hacked tourist crap. Let 'em go.
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hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1969
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-02-08 8:53 pm Permalink
You have to love it when you come home from work and find this waiting for you.
The lil lady went hunting and came home with these...
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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 379
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2013-02-08 11:37 pm Permalink
Nice finds H10. I have that pirate decanter in a different color scheme. I think they are painted and fired by "crafters".
Cheers
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 2714
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-08 11:45 pm Permalink
last week's junk:
Mostly Hawaiiana stuff.
Hawaiian Long Beach, Outrigger Laguna Beach, Trader Dicks, and Fairmont/Tonga Room matchbooks
Hawaii paper:
Hawaiian artist Rocky K Jensen Gold and silver proof sets of pogs
Signed bio/info cards that came with pog sets
I'd forgotten about pogs since their heyday...
Outrigger SOS, Alii's, and Don Ho glasses
two Primo cans, empty
Can pull tabs were still inside
Unmarked lava piece, probably Polyart
Jim Beam decanter, full
Buzzy Out!
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tikicoma
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jan 16, 2010
Posts: 257
From: city of destiny
| Posted: 2013-02-09 12:25 am Permalink
Buzzy, I'm wondering if the Polynesian Cultural Center piece you found has the artists name on it anywhere? The style looks familiar.
And Uku I've always wondered where and when those masks came from. I see them around occasionally and though I've never picked one up I would still like to know more about them. Anyone?
aloha, tikicoma
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 2714
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-09 1:00 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-09 00:25, tikicoma wrote:
Buzzy, I'm wondering if the Polynesian Cultural Center piece you found has the artists name on it anywhere? The style looks familiar.
aloha, tikicoma
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Looks like those Matson menus, to me. No credits in the book, but it looks like the signature is "KARA". Maybe "KAPA."
Buzzy Out!
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GROG
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6174
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2013-02-09 1:05 pm Permalink
Yes, it looks like the same artist.
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