Information about vintage sheet music

Musical Treasures have a large collection of sheet music for your entertainment. They either have great artwork on the covers, have great songs or both. They’re fun to collect and often have piano, piano accordion, ukulele and guitar accompaniments to suit most players. If you don’t know the song, try your music streaming service or YouTube.

Grades

The grading system that we use is quite simple and is as follows:

Mint
Most likely unused and in superb condition with no visiible flaws of any kind. Often unfolded. If folded, the folds are clean with no wear. Exceptionally rare. 
 
Near Mint
Excellent condition with bright fresh colours. Folded posters may show very minor wear to fold lines. May have four tiny pin holes – one at each corner. Otherwise no holes, tears or paper loss. May be backed with no restoration. Extremely rare. 
 
Very Fine
Excellent condition – bright and clean with minimal signs of use. No major defects and the artwork undamaged. May have minor splits to fold lines or a handful of small tears (not more than an inch) and/or pin holes to border only (or staple holes if not torn), not extending into image. Fold lines may have slight colour loss due to wear but not a heavy white line. May have a few minor creases and smudges (not affecting image), minor foxing or yellowing. May have writing on reverse which does not bleed through. No paper loss. May be backed with minor retouching to fold lines in places or very small spots of airbrush to minor defects in borders. 
 
Fine
A very presentable and nicely preserved poster with good colours and image undamaged. May have several tears, chips, creases, pin holes, minor paper loss, small tape marks and light staining/foxing to borders only. May have heavier wear to fold lines and small holes at cross folds. If backed these defects might have restoration and borders may be airbrushed.  
 
Very Good
A sound example, although with wear and defects commensurate with age and use. May have a few minor tears to image in areas other than fold lines. May have several pin holes including to image. May have light creasing to image and minor surface paper loss to areas other than fold lines. May have minor border repair or tape residue to borders. Paper may have slight browning and sun-fading with minor stains and/or soiling. Writing to reverse may bleed through. If backed, defects may have restoration with small areas of airbrush or repainting to artwork. 
 
Good
Average wear while maintaining complete text pages. Fully intact and readable, but shows signs of use. May have numerous pin holes, creases, tears, heavy fold wear and splits.
 
Fair
Heavily worn but with all pages present. May have significant tears and paper loss. Considerably faded or extensively restored. Heavy staining, foxing or soiling.

Poor
Can be read and used for its primary function. Worse than any of the above but still usable. May have been repaired.

Very Poor
Still. can be read and used for its primary function but may be in fragments. A part may be missing. Might have been trodden on etc!