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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
|  Posted: 2004-11-03 9:42 pm Permalink
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I don't think I could eat or drink with the amazing 40 ft Tretchikoff woman threatening to break through that window.
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atomictonytiki
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Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 1267
From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2004-11-04 09:17 am Permalink
So it must have been trailer happiness that they filmed the opening luau in that "Whose baby?" show, with Andrew Lincon, that was on ITV a few weeks ago.
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cheekytiki
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Joined: Mar 09, 2004
Posts: 1088
From: The Haole Hut, London, UK
| Posted: 2004-11-13 5:08 pm Permalink
Just came back from amarket here in Sydney, Australia where the was a Tretchikoff for sale. I enquired after it as I knew they sell for a fair bit here. But this time I was truly shocked.
They are selling in Vintage stores for $500
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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
| Posted: 2004-11-14 9:07 pm Permalink
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Time to put my Tretchy (bought for $7) up on Aussie eBay!!
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Bobby Peru
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Joined: Nov 20, 2004
Posts: 60
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2004-11-21 9:01 pm Permalink
yeah its true
one of the down sides of living down here, not that there are to many downsides mind you.
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hodadhank
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Joined: Dec 28, 2005
Posts: 1682
From: Mission Beach, CA
| Posted: 2006-05-24 01:10 am Permalink
Bump! Just spotted exquisite Balinese Girl (my favorite Tretch) with a big swanky vintage frame on e-bay. Out of my budget but somebody really should jump on this...
Tretchikoff print on eBay
[ Edited by: Humuhumu - fixed overly long link - 2007-02-14 12:30 ]
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Tikiwahine
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3288
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2006-05-24 10:46 am Permalink
Hodad, I have a smaller signed version of that print.
I'd be willing to trade it for some tiki goodies.
It's one of a pair, of the same model. They're both signed by the artist himself. I'm looking to find these a good home.
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Tikiwahine
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3288
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2006-05-24 10:50 am Permalink
By the way, you can still purchase 'Chinese Girl' new for only $52.36 US.
here
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4806
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2007-02-14 10:00 am Permalink
Today Lileks posted a pic of a vintage hotel room with a Tretchikoff in situ. Nice.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2007-02-14 12:12 pm Permalink
Ha! I have that Sound Gallery CD, I was always struck with this example of extreme dedication to kitsch: To go as far as to make yourself up like a Tretchikoff in drag!
James Lileks is a genius, I have never read anything funnier than his "Interior Desecrations". How about this musing from the above link:
"....Will 1997-era web design ever become "retro," complete with a jokey, misunderstood revival that flatters the observer with an idealized version of his childhood?".... 
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2007-02-14 12:28 pm Permalink
That's a great Lilek's post, thanks for the headsup, Swanky. (As an aside -- if you don't have the Sound Gallery album, get it -- it's the perfect soundtrack to play during your getaway from a jewelry heist in the French Riviera in a cigarette boat.)
Here's a Chinese Girl remix I did when Mr. Bali Hai & I were volleying back & forth with remixed Chinese propaganda posters on our blogs:
 Build a Powerful Navy Grog
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2007-02-14 1:57 pm Permalink
That is great! Chinese propaganda art is so cool. OK then, here's one of my favorite postcard/inscription combinations, featuring a Tretchikoff (note the artistically off-set angle). At first glance, not really that impressive of a place...
...until the name and text on the back come striding along assuredly and save the day:
A classic! (Also note the photographer's name)
Wonder how many Navy Grogs it took to see those artifacts marching!
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Bongo Bungalow
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Joined: Aug 20, 2007
Posts: 1226
From: Indiana
| Posted: 2011-05-06 12:12 pm Permalink
Am I Blue? You would be too...
20"x26"
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-05-06 1:07 pm Permalink
Not if I found HER!
A Tretchikoff thread with only ONE Tretchikoff painting left visible!? That's just not right!
I quickly had to snap a pic of my "Lady of the Orient", which I rescued from the Hamburg Lost & Found, and carried home on the plane:
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2011-05-06 4:03 pm Permalink
I know the picture sucks, but it's the best I can do right now! 
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