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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 322326, member: 2844&quot;]I haven&#039;t had this on my boxes, I only have two left, both from the 70s. I have one on my desk and another on a window sill (north facing, no direct sunlight), so no protection at all.</p><p>My mother had some gorgeous Palekh boxes, Firebird, etc. They were on top of a little cabinet for decades, so no protection either. They still looked pristine when we sold them, after she passed away.</p><p>Could it be fumes from the wood of your display cabinets? Just a wild guess....</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this site:</p><p><a href="http://buyrussiangifts.com/index.php?route=pages/story-pages&amp;story_id=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://buyrussiangifts.com/index.php?route=pages/story-pages&amp;story_id=2" rel="nofollow">http://buyrussiangifts.com/index.php?route=pages/story-pages&amp;story_id=2</a></p><p>They advise storing them in a cotton lined box, but then you never see them.</p><p>They also advise windex if there is any spill or residue, something I wouldn&#039;t even dare to use on lacquer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of those gorgeous high-end boxes, from Fedoskino:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]107358[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tristarmedia.com/bestofrussia/fedoskino.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tristarmedia.com/bestofrussia/fedoskino.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tristarmedia.com/bestofrussia/fedoskino.html</a></p><p style="text-align: right"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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