I have these Foo Dogs next to my Front door and they make a statement, but that statement is not that you have just returned to your favorite Chinese Restaurant. I cannot speak to their age. My late-Mother bought them 30 years ago. I love them and the statement that they make but would rather not transport them in a cross-country move, for their own safety. They are in very nice condition, as my Front Door faces North and they get little direct sunlight. One has some of the casting of the tail worn off. No other visible cracking is seen.