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。

The work is structurally sound and all elements are present. Please note, the cork ball moves between the metal rods. General wear, including faint scuffs, fine surface scratches, accretions, a few fine hairline cracks to the edges of the box and spots of discoloration, are occasional. A tiny loss is to the upper right corner-tip and the edges of the box are slightly cracked. Drying cracks and artist's pinholes are to the interior of the box. A sealed repair using a thin paper is slightly visible to the upper edge of the reverse of the box construction. There is no apparent inpainting visible under ultraviolet light.