Auction Term
Condition Report
Cataloging, Condition & Attribution
A description of an item’s physical state, noting visible damage, restoration, or wear.
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- CraquelureThe fine network of cracks that forms in aged paint or varnish.
- EstimateThe price range an auctioneer expects an item to sell for, based on prior sales and market research.
- FoxingSmall rust-brown spots that develop on paper with age and humidity.
- HallmarkAn official stamp on silver or gold indicating purity, maker, and often place and date of manufacture.
- LotAn individual item or group of items offered for sale as a single unit during the auction.
- Lot NumberA unique number assigned to an item or group of items in an auction for identification.
- Manner OfA work executed in the artist’s style but at a later date.
- MarriageA piece assembled from parts of two or more objects that did not originate together.