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Auction Terms Glossary

1st    First Edition
ACC    Acumulation (stamps)
AG    About Good (stamps)
AGF    Alternative/Goth Fashion (clothing)
AU    About Uncirculated (coins)
ACL    Applied Colour Label (bottles)
ADV    Adventure (books and movies)
AF    As Found or All Faults
AIR    Airmail (stamps)
AO    All Original
BB    Beanie Baby
BBL    Be Back Later (chat)
BC    Back Cover or Blister Card
BCC    Bottom of Back Cover
BCE    Book Club Edition
BIM    Blown In Mold (bottles prior to 1910)
BIN    Buy It Now
BIO    Biography
BK    Bent Knee (dolls)
BLK    Block (stamps)
BKLT    Booklet (stamps)
BNWOT    Brand New Without Tags (clothing)
BNWT    Brand New With Tags (clothing)
BOMC    Book Of the Month Club edition
BP    Blister Pack or Booklet Pane (stamps)
BTAS    Batman The Animated Series
BU    Brilliant Uncirculated (coins)
BW    Black and White
C    Circa
C1    One part of doll, outfit or item could still be used (dolls)
C2    Doll is beyond repair but it may have a couple of parts that a collector wants. Legs or arms still good for transplanting to another doll (dolls)
C3    Damaged. In the right costume, it could be used for display. LOTS of work needed here (dolls)
C4    Lots of flaws and spots. Heavily played with and damaged in some way. A professional is required to repair or restore it (dolls)
C5    Wear and tear visible to everyone. Can be repaired (dolls)
C6    Gently played with. May be missing important accessories, original paint rubbed, hair not in original set. Doll's arms or legs do not click or they may have a loose leg at the hip. Items still displayable. Clothes may have lost some crispness and may have to be ironed or steamed. Some may even require cleaning to remove age stains (dolls)
C7    Display quality. Doll played with but has been well taken care of. Dolls still have no makeup rubs. , but "crispness is missing. It would be obvious that it is not a C-9 doll. Clothing would NOT be laundered or faded, but might need ironing. Doll still be original (dolls)
C8    Dolls or clothing flawless, very lightly handled and still original, non-laundered clothing, no green ear, pricks or tears on skin, no body dings (dolls)
C9    Mint. No original packaging, but unplayed with condition (dolls)
C10    Mint. Factory perfect. Right off toy store shelves. No matter what the age, item is factory new (dolls)
C/S    Cream and Sugar or Cup and Saucer
CART    Cartridge (video games)
CC    Carbon Copy or Commemorative Cover (stamps)
CCA    Comics Code Authority
CCG    Collectible Game Card
CDF    Customs Declaration Form (stamps)
CDS    Circular Date Stamp (stamps)
CDR    Compact Disc Recordable (computers)
CDRW    Compact Disc Rewriteable (computers)
CF    Centrefold (magazines)
CFO    Centerfold Out (magazines)
CI    Cartridge and Instructions (video games)
CLA    Cleaned Lubricated and Adjusted (cameras)
CM    Customised or Complete Mint
COA    Certificate Of Authenticity
CPN    Coupon
CPP    Coloured Picture POstcard
CTO    Cancelled to Order (stamps)
CV    Catalogue Value
D    Denver Mint (coins)
DB    Divided Back (postcards)
DG    Depression Glass
DEF    Definitives (stamps)
DJ    Dust Jacket or Disc Jockey Copy (records)
DOA    Dead On Arrival (non-working order when received)
EAPG    Early American Pattern Glass
EC    Excellent Condition
EF    Extra Fine or Extremely Fine (coins)
EG    Elegant Glass (depression era)
EP    Extended Play (records, video tapes)
ERR    Error
EX    Excellent
EXLIB    Ex Library (books)
EXT    Extended
F    Fine
FB    Feedback
FC    Fair Condition or Fine Condition or Front Cover
FDC    First Day Cover (stamps)
FDD    Floppy Disk drive (computers)
FE    First Edition
FFC    First Flight Cover (stamps)
FFEP    Free Front End Page/Paper (books)
FOR    Forgery
FPLP    Fisher Price Little People
FS    Factory Sealed
FT    Flat Top (beer Cans)
FU    Fine Used
FV    Face Value
FVF    Final Value Fee
G    Good Condition or General (movie rating)
GB    Gigabyte (computers)
GBP    Great British Pounds
GC    Good Condition
GF    Gold Filled
GP    Gold Plate Gutter Pair (stamps)
GU    Good Used or Gently Used
GWP    Gift With Purchase
HB    Hard Bound or Hard Back (books)
HC    Hardcover (books)
HDD    Hard Disk drive (computers)
HIC    Hole In Cover
HIL    Hole In Label
HM    Happy Meal (mcdonalds)
HIST    Historical (books)
HP    Hard Plastic (dolls) or Hand Painted or Hewlett Packard or Harry Potter
HS    Hand Stamp (stamps)
HTF    Hard To Find
IBC    Inside Back Cover
IFC    Inside Front Cover
ILLO    Illustration or Illustrated
IMHO    In My Humble Opinion (chat)
INIT    Inital
ISP    Internet Service Provider
JMHO    Just My Humble Opinion (chat)
JKT    Jacket (clothing or records)
KB    Kilobyte (computers)
L    Large
LBC    Lower Back Cover
LCD    Liquid Crystal Display
LE    Limited Edition
LED    Light Emitting Diode
LFC    Lower Front Cover
LFT    Left
LG    Large
LLBC    Lower Left of Back Cover
LLFC    Lower Left of Front Cover
LOL    Laugh Out Loud (chat)
LMAO    Laughing My Ass Off (chat)
LP    Little People or Long Playing (record)
LRBC    Lower Right of Back Cover
LRFC    Lower Right of Front Cover
LS    Long Sleeve (clothing)
LSW    Label Shows Wear (records)
LTD    Limited (edition)
LWOL    Lots of Writing On Label (records)
M    Mint or Medium or Mono (records) or Mature 15 years+ (movies)
MA    Mature Adult 15 years+ (movies)
MCU    Might Clean Up
MIB    Mint In Box
MIBP    Mint In Blister Pack
MIJ    Made In Japan
MIMB    Mint In Mint Box
MIMP    Mint In Mint Package
MIOJ    Made In Occupied Japan
MIOP    Mint In Open Package
MIP    Mint In Package
MISB    Mint In Sealed Box
MIU    Made In USA
MNH    Mint Not Hinged (stamps)
MH    Mint Hinged (stamps)
MM    Merry Miniatures (hallmark)
MNB    Mint No Box
MNH    Mint Never Hinged (stamps)
MOC    Mint On Card
MONMC    Mint On Near Mint Card
MONO    Monophonic (sound recordings)
MOP    Mother Of Pearl
MOTU    Masters Of The Universe
MP    Military Post (stamps)
MS    Miscut or Mini Sheet (stamps) or Mint State (coins) or Microsoft
NAF    Not Affecting Play (records)
NARU    Not A Registerd User
NBW    Never Been Worn (clothes)
NC    No Cover
NDSR    No Dents Scratches or Rust (tins)
NIB    New In Box
NIP    New In Package
NL    Number Line (books)
NM    Near Mint
NORES    No Reserve
NOS    New Old Stock
NP    Not Packaged
NPB    Non Paying Bidder
NR    No Reserve
NRFB    Never Removed From Box -Factory Sealed
NW    Never Worn
NWOT    New Without Tags
NWT    New With Tags
O'ALLS    Overalls (clothing)
OB    Original Box
OC    On Canvas (paintings)
OEM    Original Equipment Manufacturer (computers)
OF    Original Finish
OJ    Occupied Japan
OOAK    One Of A Kind
OOP    Out Of Print or Out of Production
OP    Opening Post or Original Post (chat)
OS    Operating System (computers)
OPT    Overprinted (stamps)
P    Poor condition or Postcard
PD    Picture Disc (records)
PF    Proof Coin
PG    Parental Guidance (movies)
PIC    Picture
PMK    Postmark (stamps)
POC    Pencil On Cover
POP    Post Office Pack (stamps)
POTF    Power Of The Force (star wars)
PP    Parcel Post or Presentation Pack (stamps)
PS    Picture Sleeve
PSE    Pre-Stamped Envelope (stamps)
R    Restricted 18 years+ (movies)
RAM    Random Access Memory (computers)
Reg    Registered (stamps)
RET    Retired
ROFL    Rolling On the Floor Laughing (chat)
ROFLMAO    Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off (chat)
RFC    Right Front Cover
RFDO    Removed For Display Only
RI    Reissue (records)
Rom    Romantic (books)
ROTJ    Return Of The Jedi (star wars)
RT    Right
S'ALLS    Shortalls (clothing)
S    Small
S/B    Stockbook (stamps)
SB    Soft Bound or Softback (books)
SC    Slight Crease
SCI    Science (books)
SCR    Scratch
SCU    Scuff (records)
SF    Science Fiction
SH    Shipping and Handling
SS    Short Sleeve (clothing)
SLW    Straight Leg Walker (dolls)
SM    Small
SO    Sold Out
SOL    Sticker On Label (records)
SP    Salt and Pepper
SS    Stainless Steel or Still Sealed or Single Sheet (stamps)
ST    Sound Track or Star Wars or Sterling
STNG    Star Trek the Next Generation
SWCS    Star Wars Collector Series (toys)
SZ    Size
TBB    Teenie Beanie Babies
TC    True Crime (books)
TDF    To Die For
TE    Trade Edition
TIA    Thanks In Advance (chat)
TM    Trademark
TMOL    Tape Mark On Label (records)
TOBC    Top Of Back Cover
TOFC    Top Of Front Cover
TOL    Tear On Label
TOS    Terms Of Sale
TY    Thank You (chat)
U    Used
UN    Unused or United Nations
UNC    Uncirculated (coins)
VF    Very Fine
VFU    Very Fine Used
VGC    Very Good Condition
VHTF    Very Hard To Find
WC    Watercolour (paintings)
WMK    Watermark (stamps)
WOB    Writing On Back (records)
WOC    Writing On Cover (records)
WOF    Writing On Front (records)
WOR    Writing On Record (records)
WRP    Warp (records)
WS    Wide Screen
XC    Excellent Condition
XL    Extra Large
XS    Extra Small
XXL    Extra Extra Large