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Condition notes and grades
The six grades Lotdesk uses, what each means, and how the condition note and grade print together.
A lot carries two things about its condition: a note in your own words and a grade from a short list. Both are optional, and both print on the catalogue line, with the grade after the note.
The note is where you spell the faults out: "chip to the left escutcheon, replacement handle, wear to the seat". It holds up to 800 characters. Put the specifics there rather than in the description, so the faults can be found when someone reads the catalogue.
The grades, as the lot screen lists them:
- Good. Sound, no faults to mention.
- Fair. Worn, complete, nothing broken.
- With faults. Chips, losses or repairs, described in the note.
- Restored. Worked on since it was made.
- As found. Not examined closely; sold as it stands.
- Poor. Damaged and not worth restoring.
Leave the grade as not graded yet if you have not examined the piece. That is better than a guess, and you can come back to it: open the lot at the desk and use Correct the record.
The grade also comes out in the Grade column of the CSV, written as the word on the list ("With faults", not a code), so your cataloguing software receives the same sentence the catalogue prints.
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