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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:58 pm 
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I captured these pictures that are a current offering on eBay and in my view is EXTREMELY credulous. Trust me folks~the Hacienda is VERY resistant to being altered or cleaned up. This house has had a VERY recent coating of that HORRID product called (variously) Spra Sno or Spray Snow. It is a disastrous product when used on the cardboard houses. Partly because of the liquid in it but mainly the resulting SNO. This Hacienda (or flying Hacienda as Ted put it) is indeed rare and would be worth the price EXCEPT FOR the horrid snow. I have fought that stuff from the beginning and NO WAY would buy this one because when you get the stuff off (IF you get it off). You are left with a very shabby ghost of a colorful hacienda. And trust me you WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE QUICK DEFT BRUSHSTROKES OF THE ORIGINAL. Basically the sellers destroyed it trying to "touch up" the house and DID NOT HAVE THE GRACE TO MENTION IT. Whoever gets this has a perfect right to return it and demand their money back as NO mention of this is made in the description. If more people did this the sellers would be able to take advantage of all of us. I didn't realize until today what had been done but it is very evident to me and the damage is more or less permanent. Enjoy the pictures.
Here is the listing link. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Christ ... 0227.m3827


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Hey Tom! I sent you an email. Got a question for ya friend.

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Well my good friends here, it was "ME" who bought this Flying Hacienda off of Ebay. I just took a risk, but-- as you can see, it is cleaning up quite nicely! I have been consulting with Tom on this project and it's turning out well so far! I need to buy some new windows and a Santa from Pete to make this restoration accurate and complete. Christmas came early this year!


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Will and Tom - nice work restoring this piece - looking very nice. Glad it has a happy ending!

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Excellent job! I am so glad that you consulted with Tom on this project. I'm sure that helped you salvage it more effectively. This hacienda has lovely colors. It's good to see them.

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it's hard to believe it's the same house!...but it is!...so very nice to see a work of art "saved"...
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What an incredible restoration, very nicely done!!


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Will you hit a home run with this one AND got a good buy to boot! Glad you could fix it. I don't think I ever remember having a hacienda with any snow let alone that much. Colors are beautiful. Will make a tree for you soon to correctly put this in order. I will send you a sprig of dried lycopodium for the "fire cracker" urn behind the fence when I send the tree. These appear ONLY on the larger haciendas.


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