The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.

Wax lined. Tacking edges covered with tape. Surface cracking. A vertical scuff on the left pant leg. Under ultraviolet light, a 1 in. diagonal hairline of inpainting across the boy's right cheek, a few pinpoint specks of inpainting at the top of his hat, in his left eye and lips, hairlines of crackfill inpainting in the red scarf, two dots of inpainting in the upper left background, a short line of inpainting in the upper right background, a 1 in. backwards L-shaped line of inpainting at the hem of his left pant leg, inpainting along the edges and a discolored varnish.