拍品的状况可能存在极大差异,而由于其性质使然,拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。
Overall sound condition. The mahogany with a high-shine finish. The brass with dents, tarnish and surface dirt as expected with age. Scattered age and construction cracks. Several sections of the pierced brass gallery detached but present. Uneven sunfading to surfaces. The leather with expected fading and surface wear. The desk top with repaired crack running the width of surface. The proper left short drawer stuck closed. Chalk inscription to underside of central long drawer illegible.
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