ROAN
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Recently received a list from a dealer I’ve been buying from for many years-he’s an authority on old lead figures, esp. Britains and the other British makes, Mignots, etc.(I believe he started, with Aylmer, the original Banners Forward line of knights). In his current list he discusses lead disease-some dos and don’ts like, for example, never display your old lead figures in oak cabinets, or the importance of good ventilation when displaying, and that lead disease is contagious.
This page here also discusses lead disease but claims that lead disease is not contagious(i.e., a figure with the disease will spread it to other figures) and that oak does not contribute to the disease. On this page there is also a recipe for a solution that will retard lead disease(I’ve used it and it works!).
I’d like to hear from others with experience or knowledge about lead disease, esp. about the issue with oak and the disease being contagious. And while everyone seems to acknowledge that displayed figures should have plenty of ventilation, what about the figures that are in their boxes and kept in, say, a drawer? Many collectors seem to have at least some of their old lead sets in their boxes and while some display these, others keep them stored. By the above logic it would seem that these would be in danger of getting the disease(of course, a lot depends on the weather conditions of where you live-humidity, etc.).
This page here also discusses lead disease but claims that lead disease is not contagious(i.e., a figure with the disease will spread it to other figures) and that oak does not contribute to the disease. On this page there is also a recipe for a solution that will retard lead disease(I’ve used it and it works!).
I’d like to hear from others with experience or knowledge about lead disease, esp. about the issue with oak and the disease being contagious. And while everyone seems to acknowledge that displayed figures should have plenty of ventilation, what about the figures that are in their boxes and kept in, say, a drawer? Many collectors seem to have at least some of their old lead sets in their boxes and while some display these, others keep them stored. By the above logic it would seem that these would be in danger of getting the disease(of course, a lot depends on the weather conditions of where you live-humidity, etc.).
