Vayati · antique collecting
Keep a living record of an antique you own
- Guest-honest
- Free record
- Not a marketplace
For antique collectors: research the marks, write down what is physically true, and keep that record with the object. It is not a catalog and not a shop.
Keep a shop? Free keys for antique shops (same loop, aisle-first). Pewter makers and marks: identify Cotterell 1929 names.
Pewter is the living specialty here: Cotterell 1929 plus one Real plate. Silver marks from Jackson 1921 live on a gazetteer page — three Jackson records plus Maurice Baum (name stamp); other chambers unpublished. We do not appraise, authenticate for sale, or buy and sell silver.
- No account to look at the example
- Photos of a piece you own
- Marks and facts you can stand behind
- Sign in only when you document
The collector journey of owning an antique
- Notice Something real and specific: a mark, a wear pattern, a maker’s name.
- Research Marks, maker, era, materials, condition, and the story you can actually stand behind.
- Document Photos and physical truths on a free Relic record.
- Keep A living record: notes, threads, an optional printable information key.
- Hand on If the piece changes hands later, transfer the object and its knowledge together (confirm-gated).
What a living record holds
- Physical truths
- Mark, year, dimension, material, weight, condition. What the object itself can show.
- Story page
- Multi-image, story-first public detail when you choose to publish. Guest-readable.
- Key you can hold
- A free printable information key so the research can sit with your pieces.
- Maker and person links when they are known.
- Threads for research notes and sources.
- An owner edit path to deepen the record over time.
When the era is known, notes can sit with Age of Sail or the Heroic Age. Website travel only. Not required to start.
Example · one Real Relic
André Utin pewter plate, Vevey
Swiss provincial pewter. Standing-lion touchmark, ANDRE UTIN. The plate is one proof of the pattern, not the whole antiques path. Look first; no account needed.
- Maker
- Pierre-André Utin (1688–1771)
- Place
- Vevey, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Date
- c. 1736–1771
- Mark
- Standing lion, legend ANDRE UTIN
- Authenticity
- Real
Quiet doors
Common questions
Do I need an account to look?
No. The example Relic page is guest-honest. Documenting a piece you own uses Haven Relics and may ask you to sign in.
Is this an appraisal or a shop?
Neither. We do not appraise, authenticate for sale, buy, or sell antiques. Provenance here means the record we can actually stand behind.
Does documenting list my piece for sale?
No. You control publish visibility. A living record is not a listing.
What is the printable information key?
A free Tier 1 tag you can attach so the research sits with the object. Shop owners use the same key in the aisle.
Keep an antique shop? See free QR information keys for antique shops. Pewter makers and marks: Cotterell 1929. Silver marks: Jackson 1921 gazetteer.
We do not appraise, authenticate for sale, or buy and sell antiques. Not a marketplace. Provenance here means the Relic and record we can actually stand behind. Transfer of a Relic is confirm-gated and not claimed as a one-click sale.