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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 322303, member: 136"]<i><font size="3">Would these be more specific as artwork or tourist items</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris, I think the best answer to that is BOTH, but most of those available at reasonable prices are likely to have been made for export. Many of them illustrate popular Russian folktales.</p><p><br /></p><p>There used to be a store in Rockefeller Center in NYC that sold ONLY Russian lacquer boxes - and SOME of them were <b>way</b> <i>beyond</i> expensive! I'm talking in the thousands of dollars here - but, wow, were they exquisite! (NOT your normal tourist stuff, for sure.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple dozen of these boxes myself, none terribly old (mine are from the mid-1970's thru the early 1990's.) There was a store in the DC area that once sponsored a "by-invitation only" cocktail party with three of Russia's then-famous painters of the higher end boxes. I went to the party, but I didn't buy any boxes that night - again, the prices were astronomical!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have always kept mine in display cabinets, behind glass. I don't think the humidity should change much inside the cabinets, yet I've noticed of late that some of my boxes have begun to craze and/or show surface crackling. </p><p>These are not the phenomenally expensive ones, but they were all rather pricey back in the day...</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone else had this happen? The damage makes me very sad, and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 322303, member: 136"][I][SIZE=3]Would these be more specific as artwork or tourist items[/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/I] Chris, I think the best answer to that is BOTH, but most of those available at reasonable prices are likely to have been made for export. Many of them illustrate popular Russian folktales. There used to be a store in Rockefeller Center in NYC that sold ONLY Russian lacquer boxes - and SOME of them were [B]way[/B] [I]beyond[/I] expensive! I'm talking in the thousands of dollars here - but, wow, were they exquisite! (NOT your normal tourist stuff, for sure.) I have a couple dozen of these boxes myself, none terribly old (mine are from the mid-1970's thru the early 1990's.) There was a store in the DC area that once sponsored a "by-invitation only" cocktail party with three of Russia's then-famous painters of the higher end boxes. I went to the party, but I didn't buy any boxes that night - again, the prices were astronomical!) I have always kept mine in display cabinets, behind glass. I don't think the humidity should change much inside the cabinets, yet I've noticed of late that some of my boxes have begun to craze and/or show surface crackling. These are not the phenomenally expensive ones, but they were all rather pricey back in the day... Has anyone else had this happen? The damage makes me very sad, and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.[/QUOTE]
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