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 'CrazyAL Tiki Gallery Collection'  Kona Club NOW NEW-OLD STOCK 
New-Old Stock Editions are numbered as they are unboxed from original shipping carton. Only one half will be Available through CrazyAL and the other half on site at the Kona Club in Oakland CA. Future Glazed Editions of New Old Stock may not be glazed by CrazyAL. Mugs Glazed by CrazyAL are engraved or marked with a 'glaze pencil' w/ signature. and dated & number.
WHAT IS NEW-OLD STOCK
In 2007 CrazyAL sculpted a mug design of the owner of the Kona Club in Oakland CA.This mug is a replica of the original textures of the Kona Club interior designed by Bamboo Ben. CrazyAL sculpted this piece complete with the original Tapas designs and Matting on the walls. The mural depicts a pre-Cpt.Cooke view of the town of Kona and the surfing cove where family property was owned... the site of an actual Hawaiian temple and State Monument. CrazyAL's master sculpt was sent off for production over seas and a PO of 1000 mugs was written. CrazyAL also kept a copy of the master sculpt and produced his own line on Kona Club Mugs. An outstanding job has been done in the production of these complex pieces. All the varied texture of the original sculptures are clearly seen, perfectly recreating CrazyAL's manic style of sculpting. Over Seas, the master sculpt was "re-sculpted" but not replicated. A production of 1000 mugs where delivered to Oakland. However, this was done without approval of a glaze sample. The 1000 mugs where delivered with only small details having been glazed in pink!?! The mugs where where rejected and shelved in a basement for 15 years...Numberouse un'glazed mugs subsiquently have been sold by the bar and will show up on Ebay for inflated prices. 
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Original CrazyAL Kona Club Mug is 8 inches tall and holds 16oz. ||| Original Mugs Here: ||| 
The New-Old Stock totals 1000 mugs. Production Kona Club Mug is 8.5 inches tall and holds More than 16oz. ||| New Editions Seen Mugs Here: ||| 
Missing or Changed Details
The right side shows the replica sculpt with many simplified details and added height to lettering.  The right side shows the replica sculpt missing Oakland CA, different tapa, thicker lettering. 
The right shows the replica sculpt simplified rope, different signature, moved bamboo detail and surfer arm. 
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