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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9743216, member: 4654"]I know someone with deep enough pockets can buy whatever they want but unfortunately that's not me.</p><p>I have searched the net for bargains for years and condition with these boxes is everything, often I have to restore them. Take the Sadeli box above, when I first got that the metal had oxidised, it also stood out so it needed lightly sanding back flat, a very risky restoration because you risk the micro mosaics falling out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9743216, member: 4654"]I know someone with deep enough pockets can buy whatever they want but unfortunately that's not me. I have searched the net for bargains for years and condition with these boxes is everything, often I have to restore them. Take the Sadeli box above, when I first got that the metal had oxidised, it also stood out so it needed lightly sanding back flat, a very risky restoration because you risk the micro mosaics falling out.[/QUOTE]
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