This Buck is clean, smoke free, and in very good condition. The mount was placed in front of a big window for while and has some fading on the sides of the neck and shoulders from the sun shinning on it. The taxidermy quality is excellent, and the mount is very nice, and would normally grade a 9.5. but because of the sun fading it it will be get a 7.5 on a 1 to 10 quality scale.