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[FIXED] Masterpiece Paintings and Bestselling Books Becoming Excellent Quality

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Steam-PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.101.290.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? none
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Paint a masterpiece and/or write a bestseller and leave it in your Sim's inventory. Save and then exit the game. Re-open the game and that same masterpiece painting and/or bestselling book is now only of excellent quality. You can also find this bug by taking a bestselling book out of your Sim's inventory and placing it in the world. Then place it back in their inventory and it immediately become only of excellent quality. To be clear, I am not talking about copies, I am talking about original masterpiece paintings and bestselling books.
What happens when the bug occurs? Original masterpiece paintings and original bestselling books eventually become only of excellent quality after re-opening the game.
What do you expect to see? Original masterpiece paintings and original bestselling books to maintain their quality as masterpieces and bestsellers.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. I believe this started happening after the 9/26/2023 update.

After the 9/26/2023 update it is now impossible to keep original masterpiece paintings (not copies) and original bestselling books (not copies) in your Sim's inventory.  The paintings or books will change to only excellent quality after you save and re-open the game.  A bestselling book will also change it's quality immediately after placing it in the world and then back into your Sim's inventory.  I was trying to collect masterpiece paintings and bestselling books so hopefully this bug can be fixed soon as it makes creating masterpieces and bestsellers basically pointless right now.

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  • Artists and Authors fear not! Masterpiece Paintings and Best-Selling Books will no longer change to “Excellent Quality” after saving and reloading. Phew!

    Fixed in Patch 1.104.58/1.86

    Please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issue,

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