Hi Paul, Tom, and everyone else. Long time, no chit chat, but the season is quickly approaching. There are some houses listed right now on ebay which I've never seen before and would like anyone's opinion. The listing #161142450587. There are 11 houses in total, a haceinda, some very nice coconuts, then in the bottom row of pictures, spectacular, elaborate, houses with special fences. Are these houses old, or did someone make them more recently. They just look too good to be very old but would love to know the answer. There's also another set of 3 really great old coconuts on too. Thanks for any help and opinions. Best wishes...Colleen

Oh man---the "strange ones" are lacquies--lakies--whatever! Wow--just grabbed some photos for the files

Thanks Maria, I'm going to go to Ted's place and see if I can see them. If only I was rich, they would be mine. Seller had absolutely no idea what any of them were, I contacted him to tell him and directed him to Ted's. I bet they sell for a huge price for the group.

Right on Maria, they're SUPER LAKKIES!! What a rare treat to even see them, I keep going to the listing just to look at them. The detail on the fencing is just out of this world.

Re-sized and moved the pictures over here.

here's the 4th one

Aren't they just the most beautiful things you've ever seen. I've spoken alot with the seller, they belonged to his wife's grandmother. They were found when they cleaned out a store the grandmother had 30 years ago. They were obviously kept in a dry warm place, well wrapped. I can see very little damage. Doug, the seller, has been offered $$$ to end the auction, not sure how much, but luckily he said no. I'm so glad you got the pictures for the collection for all to see. Thanks for doing that.

The roofs are cool.

I wonder how they made the shingle pattern in the roof.

regarding the roof shingles...

i'm pretty sure they are "embossed"...i've been looking on the "scrap booking" paper aisle a my local craft stores to see if anything even slightly similar shows up...so far...nothing...but i'll keep looking...

howard...

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