Post #478525 by Psycho Tiki D on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 7:47 AM

It is funny this subject even came up. From my own collector's standpoint locally there are at least three people who have mind boggling displays and a magnitude of rare tiki items. They are Dan and Wendy (danlovestikis) and Bullet (kingstiedye).

I can only hope to one day have half of what either of these collectors have amassed. TikiHula has some amazing rare items too. In fact, all the collections I have seen from TC'ers have some nice pieces. All of these collectors freely have shared showing their collections and just even being able to see all they have in and of itself is cool enough for me. Wendy and Dan are also very generous and have given me several items from their collection and have shared some amazing stories of collecting along the way.

I have also sent KC some items and have helped him acquire a lamp. Although I have never seen his entire collection or met him, he is a genuinely nice person and I do not begrudge him in the slightest for being able to afford what he has. He has even taken time to send me pictures of his lamps and those alone were pretty spectacular.

I tend to steer clear of competing for anything rare or otherwise on Ebay because I know there are some hardcore collectors out there. This has kept me from owning some of the rarer items, but I have also had the good fortune of finding some rare items in the wild. I know I don't have the money some have here, so instead I invest my time looking outside of Ebay.

I also sell on Ebay and if you don't think for one minute I want what I sell to go for the most someone is willing to pay, think again. Can't imagine anyone else selling there doesn't want the same.

PTD