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Page 30 The Antique Shoppe August, 2018
Hukilau Glass float lamps are and in 2017 was named one of the top
Continued from Page 8 proper tiki bar décor 20 spirits and cocktail festivals in the
country.
The cornerstone of the show is the
generation of fans keeping the handful tiki bazaar, a retro shopping paradise for
of surviving original tiki palaces - like attendees. Better than three dozen vendors
Fort Lauderdale’s own Mai Kai - open were split about evenly among purveyors of
Main St
for future generations. mid-century and vintage merchandise, those
Each June (this year held June selling strictly tiki pieces, and a collective
6-10), one of the preeminent tiki events of tiki-revival artisans offering everything
called the Hukilau descends upon Fort from carvings to modern mugs and retro-
Lauderdale. The event is based at the 50 inspired paintings.
Exit
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Hyatt Pier 66; venues also include The siren call at events like these are tiki
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the famed Mai Kai restaurant and mugs and nearly every vendor and artist
Puffer fish lamps the Wreck Bar in the former Yankee had offerings. Prices ran as low as $8 for
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offered by Aloha common Orchids of Hawaii mugs from
Art and Alligators Clipper Hotel (now the B Ocean hotel). the 70’s while rare ones from sought-after
The event draws over 800 attendees restaurants or artist-made pieces ran into the
hundreds.
Most vendors, like Aloha Art and
Alligators from Inglis Florida, had
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a cross-section of both tiki and mid-
century merchandise. Owner Freda
1 Nichols has been an antique dealer for
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for 9 years. Her always-popular booth
407 TITUSVILLE was stocked with a collection of both
Florida kitsch and Hawaiiana. Among
the offerings: a numbered limited
TITUSVILLE edition McVicker giclee from the 1950’s
Bay Blvd (possibly commissioned for Tiki Gardens
in Florida) priced at $225; a vintage
MELBOURNE mermaid lamp for $89.50; and, puffer
fish lamps starting at $30.
GRANT - SEBASTIAN Mike and Janet Gill from Naples have
been antique dealers for 40 years, with
VERO BEACH 5 15 of those in the popular mid-century
niche. They’ve been vendors at Hukilau
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for 4 years offering an amazing array of
tiki and mid-century goods. Janet is an
artist and often adorns otherwise ordinary
COCOA pieces with tiki art, turning them into
520 Forrest Ave. polypop treasures. Two of those pieces,
a “traveling tiki” in a wood liquor box
We Buy Florida Ave. was priced at a modest $25 while a tiki
embellished 70’s-era skateboard was
& Sell 2 $150. Shrunken head pieces started at
$250.
518
Sarno Rd.
Wickham Rd. MELBOURNE
Hibiscus Ave.
192
Babcock St.
Palm Bay Rd.
507 1
Over 18,000 sq.ft. of the finest quality Antiques, Furniture, Malabar Rd.
Vintage Glass & Art Pottery that Central Florida has to offer
Valkaria Rd.
Plus The Largest selection of: GRANT
Grant Rd. 4
Official Florida Highwaymen Art ANYWHERE SEBASTIAN 5
512 Sebastian Blvd. Canned Ham Vintage was one of
Brevard’s largest mall for over 20 years VERO BEACH several vendors carrying an array of
60 20th St. 6 vintage aloha shirts and tropical dresses
Glendale Rd. along with an array of vintage smalls.
Phone: 321.726.6778 • 5900 U.S. Hwy. 1•Grant, FL 1 Clothing pieces were priced as low as
On Florida’s Scenic East Coast - Between Sebastian & Melbourne 68 615 $25 and shoppers with even more modest
Open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm • Sunday 12-5pm 1 wallets could pick up mid-century travel
grantantiquemall@reagan.com • GrantAntiqueMall.com 70 Virginia ephemera for as little as $2.
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