Do you collect anything Hawaiian?

Polly Metallic · Sep 1, 2014

My husband really loves Hawaiian shirts. He has a couple favorites from earlier trips that usually get packed each trip and an assortment of vintage ones we both really love. He takes different ones when we go. Also picked up lots of Hawiian music record albums. Fun to listen to while day dreaming about Hawaii! And I love plumeria jewelry and also the Hawaiian heirloom jewelry with all the beautifully engraved scrollwork.

Do you have a Hawaiiana weakness? Collect anything?

slip · Sep 1, 2014

I have some Hawaiian shirts but nothing vintage so I wouldn't call it a collection.
The same goes for Hawaian musice. I have quite a few albums on my iPod but
Again I wouldn't say it's a collection. I have three Niihau shell leis that I do ware
And I do look for more but because they cost so much I'm not getting many
More.

The one thing that is a collection is Hawaiian postcards. I usually always pick up
Some new ones while I'm there but I love finding old ones. It's really cool seeing
How the islands used to be way before I started going. You really see how things
Have changed over the years. I have quite a few from the 50's, 60's and 70's
And I even have some from the '20's and 30's. My oldest one is from 1908. Most
Collectors like the unused mint condition ones but I really like the used ones with
The postage date stamped on them. It's fun reading what people have wrote on
Them too. I've been collecting them for a few years know and have about 500
Now.

artringwald · Sep 1, 2014

I enjoy Hawaiian music especially in the fall when it starts getting cold outside. I also have some 1st day issue stamps from Hawaii. Does anybody collect stamps anymore?

sjsharkie · Sep 1, 2014

I seem to be collecting Hawaiian timeshares. My wife is pleading with me to stop as we have enough.

-ryan

Polly Metallic · Sep 1, 2014

artringwald said:
I enjoy Hawaiian music especially in the fall when it starts getting cold outside. I also have some 1st day issue stamps from Hawaii. Does anybody collect stamps anymore?

Sadly, stamp collecting fell out of favor a few decades ago and has never made a comeback. My husband is an antiques dealer and we often have people ask about selling stamp collections. There isn't much of a market. But a few Hawaii stamps sound like a fun and interesting collectible.

slip · Sep 1, 2014

I used to collect US stamps as a kid and I got rid of them in my 20's. I do have
A few early Hawaiian stamps that I keep with my postcards.

Luanne · Sep 1, 2014

Dh has some Hawaiian shirts, but I'm not sure you'd say he collects them. We also have quite a few Pegge Hopper prints. We don't have as many of them hanging as we did when we lived in California, but we have managed to incorporate them into our southwestern home.

DeniseM · Sep 1, 2014

We collect Patrick Ching prints: They sell his signed prints at the Kilauea Lighthouse on Kauai:
http://www.patrickchingart.com/d/d/available-originals.html

We bought this one in July:

I collect Hawaiian style gold beads:

Polly Metallic · Sep 1, 2014

DeniseM said:
We collect Patrick Ching prints: They sell his signed prints at the Kilauea Lighthouse on Kauai:
http://www.patrickchingart.com/d/d/available-originals.html

We bought this one in July:

I collect Hawaiian style gold beads:

Great artwork! Love it!

Are the beads for a Pandora type bracelet?

DeniseM · Sep 1, 2014

The beads could be used on a Pandora bracelet, but I have them on a gold chain and wear it as a necklace.

taffy19 · Sep 1, 2014

Mainly music so have quite a collection of CDs and a few DVDs too.

Polly Metallic · Sep 1, 2014

DeniseM said:
The beads could be used on a Pandora bracelet, but I have them on a gold chain and wear it as a necklace.

Very nice. I have three engraved heirloom style "beads" that are called puka barrels. I learned that puka pretty much means hole! As antique dealers part of what we deal in is jewelry/precious metals/coins and guess who gets the pick of the litter of any Hawaiian jewelry people want to get rid of! :banana:

DeniseM · Sep 1, 2014

Yes - that's the type of bead that I collect, but mine aren't antique. I buy one bead every year, and I try to make them all as different from each other as possible.

slip · Sep 1, 2014

I always check out Patrick Ching's prints at the lighthouse, I love them too.
One of these trips we'll pickup some Hawaiian artwork.

linsj · Sep 1, 2014

I wouldn't call it a collection, but I seem to bring home a Hawaiian shirt or T-shirt from every trip. I love Crazy Shirts Ts and longsleeve pullovers. They don't shrink; are heavier cotton and wear better than most brands, especially "souvenir" Ts, and collect compliments when I wear them.

Polly Metallic · Sep 1, 2014

DeniseM said:
Yes - that's the type of bead that I collect, but mine aren't antique. I buy one bead every year, and I try to make them all as different from each other as possible.

Great idea. Mine aren't antique, either. Just "previously enjoyed."

artringwald · Sep 1, 2014

linsj said:
I wouldn't call it a collection, but I seem to bring home a Hawaiian shirt or T-shirt from every trip. I love Crazy Shirts Ts and longsleeve pullovers. They don't shrink; are heavier cotton and wear better than most brands, especially "souvenir" Ts, and collect compliments when I wear them.

I wouldn't call it a collection either, but I do bring home new T-shirts every year from Pohaku T's in Koloa, my favorite T-shirt store.

kmij · Sep 1, 2014

puka barrel "beads"

denise/polly is there a particular place that you can find these? on any of the islands??
thanks

DeniseM · Sep 1, 2014

kmij said:
denise/polly is there a particular place that you can find these? on any of the islands??
thanks

Most jewelry stores have them and even discount stores with jewelry departments, like Wal Mart.

pharmgirl · Sep 2, 2014

we save the shell leis that St Rita's chuch near koOlina gives to visitors who attend mass there
St Rita is a small green church about 2 miles away [opposite direction from Honolulu] Priest and most of the parishioners are native hawaiians, wonderful warm people

Beaglemom3 · Sep 2, 2014

Hawaiian gold barrel bracelets. I have several from years ago (when gold was much cheaper), gifts from the Ex. I'll start again when gold is "reasonable".

I still have my old license plates, driver's licenses and Honolulu bicycle tags. I collect these when I see them.

GregT · Sep 2, 2014

sjsharkie said:
I seem to be collecting Hawaiian timeshares.

-ryan

I'm with Ryan on this one.

KauaiMark · Sep 2, 2014

Shirts...(limited)

Polly Metallic said:
My husband really loves Hawaiian shirts. ... Collect anything?

I have about 40 Hawaiian Shirts.

I usually pick up 1-2 new ones when we go to Kauai. I mostly like "Cooke Street" style shirts. For my own sanity (..and that of my wife), I limit myself to the number of hangers in the closet. When I buy a new one, I have to retire an old one.

I must admit, it's getting harder and harder to choose which to retire.

...Mark

Polly Metallic · Sep 2, 2014

KauaiMark said:
I have about 40 Hawaiian Shirts.

I usually pick up 1-2 new ones when we go to Kauai. I mostly like "Cooke Street" style shirts. For my own sanity (..and that of my wife), I limit myself to the number of hangers in the closet. When I buy a new one, I have to retire an old one.

I must admit, it's getting harder and harder to choose which to retire.

...Mark

Just retire them to a drawer in a spare dresser or a storage bin under your bed. A few years from now pull out your "retired" shirts and they'll almost seem new!

We like to look for Hawaiian shirts at garage sales and places like Salvation Army. Now and then a vintage shirt turns up or a particularly nice brand. We've also picked up quite a few like new Tommy Bahama shirts at garage sales in high end neighborhoods.

MuranoJo · Sep 3, 2014

So close...

During a lunch out with friends, we went into an antiques shop and there as you enter the store was this fabulous set of dishes with a Hawaiian print, Lei Lani. I recognized it from a book I had on Vernonware dishes, since I was already collecting their Gingham pattern.

Turns out the pattern was created by a guy named Don Blanding. They only wanted about $140 for the entire set and I almost grabbed it, but decided I didn't have the room for it. Went back a few days later to discover it was already sold. Big regrets, especially today considering it's value to collectors.

Well, a couple of years later I was roaming an antiques store in Lahaina and found a neat poetry book with beautiful Hawaiian illustrations by the author, who turned out to be Don Blanding! Turns out he was quite a multi-faceted individual with many talents.

Anyway, whenever I go to HI, I try to look for his books--but only have two so far. One is signed by him and still has the dust cover. (I know you can buy them elsewhere, but I want to get them in HI.)

Do you collect anything Hawaiian?

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