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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 88317, member: 36"]That tortoise fan looks like it has celluloid disease. There's no cure for that, I'm afraid. The photo isn't really clear. Take a good sniff; if you smell vinegar that's heap big trouble in River City. The top one looks like faux mother of pearl, but it could be celluloid too. Don't put them in the same box or the tortoise one might "infect" the one that's still nice. No one I've ever talked to knows why it happens, but heat exposure is a common contributing factor. Once it starts, things keep deteriorating until it all falls apart. I don't know anything about the fans themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 88317, member: 36"]That tortoise fan looks like it has celluloid disease. There's no cure for that, I'm afraid. The photo isn't really clear. Take a good sniff; if you smell vinegar that's heap big trouble in River City. The top one looks like faux mother of pearl, but it could be celluloid too. Don't put them in the same box or the tortoise one might "infect" the one that's still nice. No one I've ever talked to knows why it happens, but heat exposure is a common contributing factor. Once it starts, things keep deteriorating until it all falls apart. I don't know anything about the fans themselves.[/QUOTE]
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