Free printable condition report
The page a bidder who cannot come to the viewing asks for. One lot to a sheet: the grade, the faults with where each one is, what has been restored, the measurements and the history.
How to use it
Print one per lot that needs it, fill it in with the piece in your hands, and photograph every fault you wrote down. Use the grade words your house uses; the six here are the ones the trade most often writes on the lot line.
A starting layout, not legal text. The blanks are yours to fill. Lotdesk does not write terms, consents or declarations, and nothing on this page is a legal claim; where the form has room for the house's own terms, they are the house's, written or checked by its own counsel.
Or use the browser's own print command. The page is laid out to print on one sheet of paper; everything above and below the sheet stays off the paper.
Condition report
Grade
- Good sound, no faults to mention
- Fair worn, complete, nothing broken
- With faults chips, losses, 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
Where to look
- Structure and joints
- Surface and finish
- Chips, cracks, losses
- Repairs or replaced parts
- Missing parts
- Marks, signatures, labels
- Smell, damp or pests
- Working order, if it works
The faults, and where each one is
Restoration, known or suspected
Measurements
Photographs taken
- Overall
- Marks, labels, signature
- Underside or back
- Each fault named above
A starting layout from Lotdesk, lotdesk.app. It is not a contract and not legal advice. Lotdesk writes no legal text: your own terms, and your own counsel, decide what goes on it.
Keep it in the book instead
Lotdesk records the grade and the condition note on the lot itself, with the photographs, and prints them in the catalog beside the entry. The first 25 lots are free.
Open a book — free for your first 25 lotsLook at the sample sale first