Vinyl looks great after being washed in our ultrasonic cleaner. Shiny black with next to no visual defect. Sleeve has a few noticeable embellishments including some creasing along the spine, a small 2” seam split across the top and bottom of sleeve. Also split on bottom of inner sleeve. What also appears to be a bit of wax or something on front cover, small. Ships in a whiplash mailer and MoFi inner.