Just discovered this site--Fantastic!!

Here's my dilema...On one of my lights, the paint is flaking off the greenery! It has been stored in its original packing and box since I purchased it. I only discovered it yesterday when I went through and looked at all my pieces (I recently moved and wanted to make sure they survived!). When I touched the greenery, the paint began to flake! Then I looked at the bottom of the piece and on the suede-felt and description tag and I noticed all these little holes in them, like a bug had been chomping away at it!!!! AAAGGGHHHH!! Help! What could have caused this? Could being stored be part of the problem? None of the other pieces had this problem.

Also, on a couple of other pieces (they must have touched the cardboard on the box during the move) itty bitty pieces of paint were rubbed off (about the size of a pinhead). How does this impact their valuation?

Thank you in advance for all your responses--you're all so knowledgeable. I look forward to hearing from you!

Julie L