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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
|  Posted: 2013-02-26 9:36 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-22 11:23, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Bill,
Did you feel me breathing down your neck on that one? I was second in line-so let me know when you grow tired of it and we can work out a trade.
One from weeks ago, albeit not Tiki nor Polynesian-still like the quality though. Needs a little stretching though. Kind of reminds me of a girl that used to get me in all kinds of trouble. I call this one "Waiting To Be Kissed"-note the mistletoe!
Later,
PTD
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...but she has a Polynesian pedigree, because she was "inspired" by THIS Polynesian babe, painted by classic velvet painter Charles MacPhee:
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Psycho Tiki D
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2013-02-27 03:41 am Permalink
Wow, thanks for sharing that ^
I guess that is about as close as you can get. Interesting how images get recycled!
PTD
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1414
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2013-02-27 04:16 am Permalink
Thanks Bigbro!
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Pitcairn
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Joined: Mar 11, 2013
Posts: 1 | Posted: 2013-03-12 1:18 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-26 21:36, bigbrotiki wrote:
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On 2013-02-22 11:23, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Bill,
Did you feel me breathing down your neck on that one? I was second in line-so let me know when you grow tired of it and we can work out a trade.
One from weeks ago, albeit not Tiki nor Polynesian-still like the quality though. Needs a little stretching though. Kind of reminds me of a girl that used to get me in all kinds of trouble. I call this one "Waiting To Be Kissed"-note the mistletoe!
Later,
PTD
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...but she has a Polynesian pedigree, because she was "inspired" by THIS Polynesian babe, painted by classic velvet painter Charles MacPhee:
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This lady is Sue Bernard, Playboy's playmate December 1966. That issue had a pictorial of tahitian women which may have been the original draw for MacPhee and other artists but the american centerfold seems to have really captivated them.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2013-03-12 2:13 pm Permalink
One more * to the piece!: Black velvet "Tahitian" McPhee Playboy bunny! It's got it all! 
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tikicoma
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jan 16, 2010
Posts: 257
From: city of destiny
| Posted: 2013-04-16 12:13 am Permalink
Picked this up last saturday, Manapua Vendor by Erwin Honolulu...
Reminds me of Leetegs Adze Man. It's 27"x22" has been reframed but this was stuck to the back,
Aside from repeatedly misspelling Erwin as "Irwin" it also states that Leeteg worked for Erwin for a buck an hour in 1935 and 1939, which I doubt, then seems to contradict itself. So I'd guess the rest would be suspect as well, but I would like to know if it was Leetegs letters to Erwin that Mitchner used or was that another error and it was letters to, say, Barney Davis?
aloha, tikicoma
p.s. the color off, the shirt is more blue.
[ This Message was edited by: tikicoma 2013-04-16 00:17 ]
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