Condition:
THE FIRST
The overall condition is good. The piping along the edges and corners have minor wear as well as faint scrapes along the front and back exterior. The gold-tone metal is slightly tarnished and the inside of the frame has marks throughout. On the interior, there are white marks above the zippered pocket, on the back of the slit pocket, and faint grooves in the leather on the bottom.
THE SECOND
The overall condition is good. On the exterior, there is very minor peeling on a few of the reptile skins. On the interior, there is creasing in the leather due to where the flap folds as well as on the slit pocket and faint marks above the slit pocket.
THE THIRD
The overall condition is good. There is tarnishing throughout the gold-tone metal hardware, a faint mark on the bottom of the interior slit pocket and a small spot on the inside of the flap.
THE FOURTH
The overall condition is very good with no visible marks.
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