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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 232772, member: 2844"]I would use the word damage, but specify it, damage to the..... and preferably show it in a picture. If it is slight damage, call it that. </p><p>Another word is 'wear', but only if it is just natural wear, for instance to a layer of gilding. If the wear is bad, I use 'traces of goldwash', etc.</p><p>Some sellers say "condition as shown in pictures". That is not always fair, because sometimes damage is hard to find if you don't know where to look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 232772, member: 2844"]I would use the word damage, but specify it, damage to the..... and preferably show it in a picture. If it is slight damage, call it that. Another word is 'wear', but only if it is just natural wear, for instance to a layer of gilding. If the wear is bad, I use 'traces of goldwash', etc. Some sellers say "condition as shown in pictures". That is not always fair, because sometimes damage is hard to find if you don't know where to look.[/QUOTE]
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