The ‘world’s leading’ purveyor of tiki decor is going out of business with a fire-sale auction of props, mugs, and all kinds of knick knacks:
Do you own a dive bar or novelty restaurant, or run a business organizing bachelorette parties? Here’s your chance to make things a whole lot funkier. American cultural take on South Pacific, Polynesian, Oceanian cultures, is closing forever and selling off its wares at auction. The sale takes place April 23 and 24.
Among the objects for sale are carved figurines, poles, lamps, island-appropriate clothing, rum-ready mugs, and vintage textiles, photographs, and paintings.orld’s leading supplier of tropical and Polynesian decor,” closes after 66 years in business. Its owners, LeRoy Schmaltz and Bob Van Oostig, are retiring and consigning their collection to Peekaboo Gallery, an upstart auction house for themed artifacts and memorabilia.Some of the objects for sale are authentic, insofar as they hail from island countries.
The auction is set to take place at the Oceanic Arts warehouse in Whittier, California. Getting in may be a challenge—tickets for the event are already apparently sold out—but a portion have been set aside for sale the day of. Online bids will also be accepted. The sale’s popularity makes sense: it is, according to Peekaboo, “undoubtedly, the largest intact vintage Tiki collection to ever come to the market and frankly, most probably ever will.” So there’s that.
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