Post your Tuba Kitsch!

[David Richoux]

some large size items:

gardensprinkler.jpg

frogtuba.jpg

tuba-boy3.jpg

I did have a large plaster alligator playing a sousaphone that I bought in New Orleans 10 years ago, but it got wet and it dissolved before I could get a picture of it. Can't find anything like it on the net...

[David Richoux]

Back with a few plastic things...

George with Sousaphone.jpg

actelftuba.jpg

tubaswitch.jpg

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another set of older porcelain figures -

white-tuba.jpg

bd tuba pig.jpg

elephant.jpg

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My latest acquisition (a big $2.35) just arrived today -

Hallmark-Elf-1992.jpg

and here are a few recent web finds:

soldier_tuba_Ba.jpg

ron_lee_clown_sculptures_no_box_P0000015364S0015T2.jpg

Also, for a more "Fine Art" tuba kitsch collection, be sure to visit John Manning's "Tuba Head" Blog: http://tubahead.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/tuba-art/

[David Richoux]

Here are some more recent web finds:

friedel tuba boy 1947 5.5".jpg

clown flacon.jpg

frog-band 3.5".jpg

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Not sure if "Toy Soldiers" are kitsch or not, but these are tuba related:

civil-war-bandsmen.jpg

german-bandsman.jpg

french-ceramic.jpg

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A few more random things...

gater-tuba.jpg

GAZEBO1.jpg

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A few things I found in New Orleans this year. More to come.

[David Richoux]

A bit worn, but made in Occupied Japan...

[David Richoux]

Here is the first new batch:

cast iron frog tuba.jpg

mexican sousa.jpg

crystal sousaphone.jpg

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and some more junk:

tuba egg cup.jpg

angle sousa and drums.jpg

tuba bookends.jpg

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even more tuba stuff:

clown rabbit tuba.jpg

angle tuba and others.JPG

ceramic elephant tuba.jpg

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Why do they make this junk - does anybody except tuba players buy it?

fitz and lloyd santa tuba.jpg

koala tuba.JPG

monkey tuba.jpg

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Maybe last one for the night...

elf sousaphone.jpg

clown helicon yellow.jpg

japanese tuba boy 2.JPG

[Three Valves]

Pig + Tuba + Adorable!!

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some Valentines cards...

oompah valentine.jpg

pig helicon valentine.jpg

sousa valentine.GIF

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One more Valentine:

sousa-bone-valentine1.jpg

some clown junk:

clown helicon mug.jpg

and a whole group of Japanese post-war tuba boys!

horn band clowns.jpg

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a mixed bag of stuff -

early plastic tuba toy soldiers.JPG

pig tuba music box.jpg

tuba_panda__by_fieldmouse-d3i4pau.jpg

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Some of these start to look like others that I have posted before, but I think they are different.

japanese tuba and drum.jpg

dog tuba pewter.jpg

sitting clown tuba.jpg

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A few more...

old clown tuba.JPG

tiny clown mouse tuba.jpg

japanese clown helicon.jpg