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TabooDan
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Joined: Jul 18, 2004
Posts: 641
From: BC, Canada
|  Posted: 2008-05-15 5:27 pm Permalink
Yeh 1961surf, Keep the pictures coming!! Those Leetegs are very nice!! Great to see them in people's collections who appreciate them and love their beauty!!
Stories about how you got them are good to as it makes us all dream it may happen to us one day!!
TabooDan
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2008-05-16 4:29 pm Permalink
Here ya go-another Leeteg.
This is called Tahitian chief
Enjoy !
Trader Bill
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2008-05-20 6:38 pm Permalink
TabooDan,
I am glad you like and appreciate vintage velvets.They really are so so COOL.
You cant have velvets in hot dry weather, and no exposure to the sun ever, or
they get ruined.Secondly ,you have to be very careful cleaning them to so you
don't damage them.I find that blue masking tape works well getting minor lint
and dust off of them.
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virani
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Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1435
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2008-05-21 01:08 am Permalink
Great collection.
I love velvet paintings. I have the Hina Rapa that used to stand at the Kahiki, made by Lavisse.
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Psycho Tiki D
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Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1784
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2008-08-05 3:38 pm Permalink
Even though I didn't sell my Chotai Yonaha on E-Bay, I still decided to go ahead and pick these today...
Painted by Joe Sabala? 1970.
Cant read the signature on this one. This and the first one have matching frames.
Painted by Link, Hawaii.
They need some cleaning and TLC but overall a very good score today!
Psycho Tiki D (I know I am and I am a little crazy about velvets)!
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2008-08-06 12:42 am Permalink
Here is another painting from my velvet collection , found at one of my favorite flea
markets.Although not a Hawaiian or Polynesian theme ,she is beautiful nude velvet.
I must have seen a hundred people walk right past her sitting next to some
clutter, old antiques and who knows what else, yet no one stopped to look
or comment about her .I was shocked.I casually swooped on over to get a better peek.
Took one gander ,and knew I had to add her to my collection.I worked my magic, went
into negotiation mode and within minutes I was the proud new owner.Bye the way ,
don't we all have that one flea market you tend to like the best or you have had the best
luck with over others -this was one of those type of places.My pic doesn't do her justice .
Hope you like and approve of her!
Aloha-Trader Bill
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1961surf
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Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2008-08-06 11:44 pm Permalink
Nice scores Tiki D
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Psycho Tiki D
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Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1784
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2008-08-07 5:58 pm Permalink
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On 2008-08-06 23:44, 1961surf wrote:
Nice scores Tiki D
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Thank you and back at ya!
PTD
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Limbo Lizard
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Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 605
From: Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas
| Posted: 2008-08-08 5:27 pm Permalink
Since both these threads got bumped recently, I thought I'd point out an observation 'uncle trav' made:
Compare 'uncle trav's' velvet painting, from page 1 of this thread, with the painting in the Bora Bora Lounge of the Volcano Restaurant (circa 1968, page 7 of this very interesting thread).
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On 2007-03-11 16:45, uncle trav wrote:
Looks to be similar to a painting above the bar of the Volcano posted over on the General Tiki thread...
Heres one with the lights up to show more of the colors
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On 2007-03-02 18:05, Volcano Girl wrote:
"...this next one was... taken of one of the dining room waitresses on break in the Tiki Lounge."
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"Similar"? Apparently a popular painting, at one time. Heck, wish I had one, too!
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1961surf
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Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2008-08-09 09:30 am Permalink
Look real close.Totally different girl , different painting,probably different artist,
similar though-great colors.
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tikipaka
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Joined: May 31, 2006
Posts: 633
From: New York
| Posted: 2008-08-10 03:47 am Permalink
Here is a nice piece I found at a yard sale this summer. I guess you can't call it a nude, she is wearing stockings. LOL
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Robb Hamel
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Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-08-13 04:50 am Permalink
There's some cool stuff here. The two velvets I have are so crummy that I cut one up to test the fabrics' fade resistance!
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Kailuageoff
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Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 1486
From: Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE
| Posted: 2008-08-13 05:47 am Permalink
Here are two black velvets that hang in the Kailua Bar... plus a black burlap.
Hope you like.
KG
My back bar with the lights down low
Daytime...
A Leeteg copy from the Davis Gallery in Waikiki...
Flounderart (on black burlap, actually.)
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Robb Hamel
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Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-08-14 3:38 pm Permalink
I know this thread is for collecting velvets, but does anyone know where I can find the type of very short nap velvet these old artists used?
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Robb Hamel
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Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-08-14 3:52 pm Permalink
Or the super-cool Mexican frames! Is anyone still making this stuff?
Thanks for any help offered - TCers are the greatest source of knowledge I've ever seen.
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