Re: Finish cracks?
This is not the "normal" crazing in the lacquer which can happen over time. It looks like the two parts have moved with respect to each other.
Are you sure there isn't a (wooden?) binding there? If it's the back it looks very thick.
Maybe it has been hot, so the glue became more liquid and the back and side expanded differently. The fact that it didn't happen where the endblock provides a much bigger glue surface, suggests this.
On picture 2 it looks like some of the lacquer rests go over where the parts meet, suggesting that it hasn't been opened.
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