If you’ve been in the shop, you know I collect Ponchartrain ..
Added 2023-06-16 12:00:02 +0000 UTCIf you’ve been in the shop, you know I collect Ponchartrain Beach pieces. They’re hard to find and the older pieces are worth a lot. Especially the Tiki mugs. For those new here, Ponchartrain Beach was a beach and amusement park that was on the south shore of Lake Ponchartrain here in New Orleans. It was opened in 1928 (by the grandfather of actor Bryan Batt for those of you that like the show Mad Men) and closed in 1983. Ponchartrain Beach had a killer tiki restaurant on the property (called the Bali Hai club) whose tiki mugs are hard to get your hands on. We’ve moved a lot of them through the shop and they sell within minutes. One tiki Bob mug typically sells between $400-600 bucks. Here at home I have mugs, the menu from the 1950s, coins from the arcade style games, and more. Picture here is the book Bryan Batt wrote about sifting through the memories and items left behind after Ponchartrain Beach closed. 🏝️
