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 five Daily Sketch photographs: gelatin silver prints on matte double-weight paper, overall good condition with minor handling wear consistent with age and use, bumps to corners, mottled chemical staining verso with some peripheral mottling recto, the shot of Pattie on steps with dog-ear to lower left corner with fine crack to emulsion, some slight silvering to dark areas. Terry O'Neill: heavy wear and creasing to corners and edges with cracked emulsion and surface loss in places, a few small edge tears, handling shells throughout, discolouration to upper right portion.