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 good condition with signs commensurate with age, noting minor indentations and scratches on the recto, the corners are slightly bumped, the top left margin has been previously folded creating stress lines. There is erratum measuring the length of the photograph, fingerprints seen in raking light on the margins, indentations synonymous with being held by paperclips on the right margin and areas of craquelure down the right margin. Most of these factors will not be visible if framed without the margins. The verso is in very good condition with erratum identifying the mission.