Talk about a genuine beauty!!, As far as appearance goes there are NO apologies necessary for this great piece out of the 1930's. No chips or cracks to the beautiful 2 Tone paint scheme dome which has the original paint. The Dome is marked LIGHTOLIER as is the Low Profile Cast Iron Fitter which is also in really nice shape. This will need to be re-wired to be operational. The ceramic part that holds the light bulb looks to be fragile and will require great care for re-wiring purposes. Due to the extreme fragility of the dome it will be shipped double boxed and then placed within the box which will be holding the cast iron fitter. This will make it a little more expensive as far as shipping goes but it will insure the best protection which is more than necessary these days. Before boxing up this weighs almost 5 pounds so I am figuring it will probably weigh in excess of 8 pounds when finally boxed up.