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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 10232719, member: 360&quot;]I found ANOTHER mahjong set at the flea-market yesterday!!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s from the 1920s. Nice, thick, chonky bone tile-fronts.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511598[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The set is all-complete, however you may notice that some tiles are very faded, while others are still quite bright and colourful.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is because of historical water damage. In the 1920s, when this set was made, it was one of MILLIONS being churned out, boxed out, and shipped out of Shanghai to the United States, Canada, and Europe, where mahjong was taking off in a HUGE way at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because they were produced in such huge numbers, and because every single set was handmade to such a high level of detail, and because demand was so high...manufacturers were want to cut corners where and however they could.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the main ways they did this was with the paint.</p><p><br /></p><p>See, higher quality paints would last longer, but they cost more money. Cheap paint is just as good, and you can do more tile-sets with it. So they went with cheap paint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with the cheap paint is that it&#039;s WATER SOLUBLE. If you spilled a glass of water over it - the paint runs like makeup!</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s what&#039;s happened here. So I&#039;ll need to clean the tiles up, and repaint them (or some of them, anyway). Fortunately it&#039;s not difficult, and I already have all the necessary things that I need to do it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511599[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the box that I ended up putting the tiles into. The storage solution that came with the set is not ideal (and it&#039;s falling to pieces!!), so I&#039;m transferring it into this nice rosewood box I have. Once I&#039;ve fixed it up and made it habitable, it will be the set&#039;s full-time residence.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the box is perfectly sized to fit the tiles, with each suit fitting one on top of the other precisely!! Couldn&#039;t get luckier than that![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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