"Since it's only had one owner, it's in pristine condition," said Brett Gorvy, a co-head of postwar and contemporary art of Christie's worldwide.
It was in pristine condition, people who knew Cage and Cunningham said, because they had had a fight with the artist and stashed it away in a closet for years.
"I could tell it was a big carnivore tooth, it was in pristine condition," she said.
"By chance we managed to run across another CinemaScope print in our archives, and it was in pristine condition.
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7 53 8 11) was almost certainly not included in Codex C when it was in pristine condition.
Before the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John, a list of (chapters) is preserved (and one may deduce that the manuscript contained such lists for Matthew and Mark when it was in pristine condition), but their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) were apparently not placed in the upper margin of the page as in Codex Alexandrinus.
It also is in pristine condition.
The 24-year-old building, which was renovated in the late 90's, is in "pristine condition," and because it already has high-technology wiring will bring the town "up to speed technologically," an undertaking that would have cost more than $1 million to accomplish in existing offices, Mr. LaValle said.
The work is in pristine condition, with its original orangy, translucent varnish and the carving in very high relief.
Just like the lawns of the palatial team hotel, the stadium pitch is in pristine condition, even though its regular occupants are a lower league Swiss side.
