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TikiRootsRocka
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Joined: Apr 15, 2011
Posts: 150
From: Los Angeles, California
|  Posted: 2012-07-06 5:37 pm Permalink
Just brought home this Frank Oda.
I bought this about a year ago on eBay and figured I might as well post Diamond Head at night, since we've got the sunrise above.
This Lavisse was acquired at Tiki Caliente. Thanks again, I love her!
Enjoy!
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Trad'r Bill
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Joined: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 450
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2012-07-16 2:15 pm Permalink
As promised, here is my Tyree I purchased a few months. Thanks Midnite for the guidance...
I really love this painting and can't wait to display it in my (nearly) finished Tiki room.
What a beauty, huh? Those hips, lips, and er, eyes are amazing...
Enjoy!
Trad'r Bill
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6171
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2012-07-16 5:40 pm Permalink
Send to GROG. PM for address.
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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2401
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-07-16 5:45 pm Permalink
Trad'r Bill, you are my hero of the day!
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 575 | Posted: 2012-07-16 6:07 pm Permalink
Great find on that Bill!
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 3999
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-07-16 7:20 pm Permalink
I finally built a mounting frame and stretched my "Song Shen"
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The Quiet Village
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Joined: Mar 17, 2012
Posts: 14
From: Fort Worth, Texas
| Posted: 2012-07-22 12:34 pm Permalink
I posted this on finds too, but thought I should add this to the official velvet thread. This is a Bill Erwin I picked up yesterday. One thing I am curious about is the distinction between and original and copy. Is there a way to tell if the velvet is a copy? Is a copy printed onto the velvet vs the original being hand painted?
The back of the frame has a H C&D (Google says this is Honolulu Construction and Draying) tag it, with a Lot # and an article #. I guess this is some sort of shipping info.
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bongofury
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Joined: Oct 15, 2002
Posts: 1473
From: Ventura County
| Posted: 2012-07-23 6:03 pm Permalink
I don't know if Erwin did copies of his own work. He sometimes copied (with variation) other peoples stuff but I don't know and have not seen copies of his own work. Leeteg was the king of copies as his "originals were done by himself several times and he also had "authorized' copies from Davis galleries in Honolulu that were executed by artists in Japan and the Philipines. Davis also did copies on velvet paper and paper prints and these authorized prints are rare and seldom come up for auction. I have seen other artists like Erwin do a copy of Leeteg's Diamond Head by Moonlight, and Lavisse & Bouvier do Leeteg's "Ukelele Boy". Even Tyree did a copy of Leeteg's famous "Hina Rapa" except he used his wife as the model. Tyree made a point of marking the back of his paintings with "No Copies"
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2012-08-03 7:24 pm Permalink
Found this red velvet at a Hot Rod show, today. The seller embellished it with rope & starfish, cuz the frame was damaged, but I like it.
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The Granite Tiki
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Joined: Jul 02, 2005
Posts: 785
From: Nashua, NH
| Posted: 2012-08-03 10:21 pm Permalink
I've never seen red! That's fantastic! The rope is great!
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Big Kahuna
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Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2012-08-04 6:57 pm Permalink
I figured it was worth the 15 bucks!
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Trad'r Bill
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Joined: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 450
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2012-09-07 10:47 am Permalink
I was fortunate enough to come across my second Burke Tyree velvet recently... this one is in somewhat rough shape right now - the velvet has pulled away from the frame in spots. I'm hoping to find an art conservator who can bring it back to it's original glory.
"Native Back - 1966"
Hard to read the signature, but it's there:
It even has a letter from Mr. Tyree himself, attached to the back:
...obituary for the original owner of the painting, Jean Koda: http://rafu.com/news/yayeko-jean-koda/
Enjoy
-Trad'r Bill
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TikiRootsRocka
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Joined: Apr 15, 2011
Posts: 150
From: Los Angeles, California
| Posted: 2012-09-07 1:33 pm Permalink
Awesome Tyree's Bill, thanks for sharing!
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The Blue Kahuna
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Joined: Jun 01, 2011
Posts: 331
From: Points East & West
| Posted: 2012-09-07 5:33 pm Permalink
What kind of lighting is best to use when displaying a velvet painting? Hope its okay to ask this here, if not, please delete Admin . . .
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1486
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2012-09-07 7:57 pm Permalink
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On 2012-09-07 19:52, Phillip Roberts wrote:
Aloha.
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(Google says this is Honolulu Construction and Draying
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This would be 'Dredging."
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