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Third Edition: gloss brown. Edition of 200

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Black Lagoon designs Tiki Torch mug

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I suspect this is intended to be a trinket dish and not an ashtray, due to the lack of deeper notches for a cigarette... but it could be used for both, I suppose.

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American Thrift: Baldwin, NY $1.99

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Slight chip in glazing top front

190 usd plus 50 shipping

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Dirty Fade

75.- usd

35 usd, 35 shipping

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Lil' Rhum Sipper, Mariner Green

450 usd plus 76.56 shipping

bought from Hannah/TikiRob online store

We ordered this online since we earned the mug years ago when we ate at the Moonraker. But we have also gone to Nick’s in Pacifica many times.

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It is labeled “Nick Gust Enterprise / Nick’s Moonraker, Capt. Charles / Sea Breeze Motel / Pacifica, California” on the bottom. Nick Guston’s father, named Charles, moved to California and opened Nick’s in 1927. He is likely the Captain Charles referenced on the bottom. The Guston family expanded Nick’s and the Sea Breeze Motel by building the Moonraker and the Papagayo Room Mexican restaurant across the street in the 1960s. So, this restaurant was not named after the James Bond movie of the same name, a common misconception. The name Moonraker actually refers to the tiny sail at the top of the mast that seems so high it can scrape the moon.

American Thrift: Baldwin, NY $2.99

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Another hobbyist version with a flat bottom, no restaurant name carved into the back, full brown interior and lip glaze, with a pinkish wash for the body.