Mauna Kea Galleries, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, is the world’s foremost retailer of vintage Hawaiian and Polynesian wares. Specializing in original art, historical objects, apparel, furniture, jewelry, and more, Mauna Kea Galleries boasts a diverse collection of unique artifacts from a number of countries throughout the South Seas. Some of the objects Mauna Kea Galleries possesses include Aloha wear clothing, hula lamps, hula dolls, hula girl photography, sculptures, traditional weaponry, surfboards, menus from Hawaii’s “Golden Age,” and a diverse array of additional ephemera. Mauna Kea Galleries also sells a variety of rare books, including classic works on the Pacific Islands such as “Captain Cook’s Voyages,” Margaret Mead’s “Coming of Age in Samoa,” Isabella Bird’s “Six Months In the Sandwich Islands,” and Rev. William Ellis’ “A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii.” Mauna Kea Galleries was founded in 1995 by Carolyn Blackburn. Her husband Mark Blackburn is a senior certified appraiser with 30 years of professional experience. Over his three decades as an appraiser, Mark Blackburn has worked with countless private collectors, as well as some of the finest art institutions in the country, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Honolulu’s own Mission Houses Museum and Bishop Museum. Mark Blackburn has always maintained a passion for the culture of the Pacific Islands. Mark’s enthusiasm for Hawaiian and Polynesian culture manifested itself in the publication of several popular books, including Surf’s Up, Hawaiiana: The Best of Hawaiiana Design, Hula Girls and Surfer Boys, Tattoos from Paradise, and Hula Heaven: The Queen’s Album. Carolyn Blackburn maintains a similar passion for Hawaiian culture and is active in protecting and rehabilitating endangered or threatened Hawaiian bird species. Carolyn Blackburn is also a board member of the Hawaiian Audubon Society.