AnteekThe app

Antiques & Vintage

Nobody knows
what it is.
Everybody does.

Photograph the thing in the back of the garage. You get a price suggestion off the scan, from what the room has already settled on things like it. Then the room identifies this one, by consensus rather than one voice, and says plainly when it cannot agree.

How it worksHow a lot reads
A lot in the Anteek app: the photographs, what the room says it is, and its range

What a verdict looks like

Attributed to Hans J. Wegner

CH25 lounge chair 14 identifications 86% agree

$2,400median $3,100$3,900

A range, with the median marked where it actually falls, not in the middle. One figure would be a lie dressed as an answer.

Inside the app

Everything it does,
on six screens.

The app’s own screens, as they ship. Hold the cursor over one to read the small print. The manual covers every button.

  1. 01

    Old things, fairly priced.

    Sign in with Apple or Google, or browse first. Reading the market, the questions and every lot needs no account at all.

    Old things, fairly priced.
  2. 02

    The market, with the room beside every price.

    Every tile carries the asking price and the range the room settled on, so below, inside or above it reads at a glance.

    The market, with the room beside every price.
  3. 03

    Not sure what it is? Ask the room.

    Post it without a price and the people who collect the thing name it. Their calls weigh by the standing they have earned in that branch.

    Not sure what it is? Ask the room.
  4. 04

    Every item reads like a lot.

    The photographs, what the room says it is, its condition and where it sits. Watch it and you hear when it sells or the price drops.

    Every item reads like a lot.
  5. 05

    The price against the room.

    How much of the room agrees, the band from everyone’s estimates with the median marked, and where the asking price falls in it.

    The price against the room.
  6. 06

    Sell it to someone who gets it.

    List it with a price. Buyers message you or make an offer inside the app, and the room’s range sits on the listing for both of you.

    Sell it to someone who gets it.
Old things, fairly priced.
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Read the manual

How a lot reads

Somebody found it.
Somebody else recognised it.

Examples, drawn to show what every lot carries: what the room says it is, the range it settled on with the median marked, and how many people agreed. Real lots live in the app.

Lot 0041

Attributed to Hans J. Wegner

Furniture Seating

$2,400$3,100$3,900

Confirmed14 identifications · 86% agree

Lot 0042

Base Set Charizard, 1st edition

Cards Trading card games

$900$1,400$2,100

Confirmed31 identifications · 94% agree

Lot 0043

Roland Juno-106

Instruments Keyboards & synths

$1,100$1,350$1,650

Confirmed22 identifications · 91% agree

Lot 0044

Scandinavian studio, unsigned

Ceramics & glass Studio pottery

$140$230$400

Open6 identifications · 67% agree

Lot 0045

Leica M3, double stroke

Electronics & audio Cameras & optics

$1,800$2,150$2,600

Confirmed18 identifications · 89% agree

Lot 0046

Blue Note 1568, deep groove

Recorded media Vinyl records

$3,000$4,600$7,400

Open11 identifications · 73% agree

Lot 0047

Arc floor lamp, maker disputed

Lighting Table & floor

$600$980$1,500

Disputed9 identifications · 44% agree

Lot 0048

Seiko 6105-8110

Horology & jewellery Wristwatches

$1,900$2,300$2,800

Confirmed26 identifications · 92% agree

Lot 0049

Philco 90 cathedral

Electronics & audio Radio & broadcast

$320$410$560

Open7 identifications · 71% agree

Lot 0050

Danish rosewood sideboard

Furniture Casegoods

$1,200$1,700$2,400

Confirmed12 identifications · 83% agree

Lot 0051

Screenprint, edition of 150

Art Works on paper

$450$610$900

Open5 identifications · 60% agree

Lot 0052

Famicom, boxed with inserts

Computing & games Consoles

$180$240$340

Confirmed19 identifications · 90% agree

Price history

Scan it, and you get the number
before anybody says a word.

Every item the room settles is written into the history for its type. Point the camera at the next one and the suggestion is already there.

Immediate suggestion · example

Roland Juno-106

Instruments Keyboards & synths 212 settled items

$1,100–$1,650Median $1,350 · Q4 25, the most recent settled quarter

This is history, not an asking price. It is what the room has actually settled at for this type, quarter by quarter, so a thin quarter shows as a thin quarter rather than being smoothed into a confident-⁠looking line.

Settled bands, eight quarters · n under each
Q1 2418
Q2 2424
Q3 2431
Q4 2427
Q1 2534
Q2 2529
Q3 2522
Q4 2527
$1,650$980

21 branches · 323 types

If it is old and somebody
kept it, it has a branch.

Standing is earned inside a branch, never across all of them. Being right about Juno-106s buys you nothing on Persian rugs.

Furniture

Casegoods Seating Beds & bedroom Office & industrial Outdoor & gardenTables

29 types

Lighting

Table & floor Ceiling & pendant Wall & architectural Neon & signage

12 types

Art

Works on paper Paintings Sculpture Photography Asian & global art

20 types

Interior accessories

Smoking & tobacciana Mirrors Vases & vessels Wall decor Boxes & desk objects Fireplace & hardware

19 types

Ceramics & glass

Studio pottery Porcelain & china Art glass Pressed & utility glass

14 types

Textiles & rugs

Rugs & carpets Wall hangings Quilts & bedding Needlework & lace

12 types

Metalware & silver

Silver & plate Brass & bronze Pewter & copper Cast iron

10 types

Cards

Sports cards Trading card games Non-sport cards Postcards & ephemera cards Lots & collections

19 types

Comics & print

Comic books Books Magazines Paper ephemera Lots & runs

19 types

Recorded media

Vinyl records Tape Optical & digital Film & video Lots & collections

16 types

Electronics & audio

Amplifiers & receivers Speakers Turntables & decks Radio & broadcast Cameras & optics Telephony & office

21 types

Computing & games

Vintage computers Consoles Software & cartridges Arcade & coin-op

16 types

Toys & figures

Action figures Designer & vinyl Models & diecast Dolls & plush Tin & mechanical Lots & collections

20 types

Instruments

Guitars & basses Keyboards & synths Amps & effects Acoustic & orchestral

15 types

Horology & jewellery

Wristwatches Clocks Fine jewellery Costume jewellery

13 types

Advertising & automobilia

Signs Packaging & tins Automobilia Breweriana & bar

14 types

Numismatics & stamps

Coins Banknotes Tokens & medalsStamps

10 types

Tools & scientific

Hand tools Scientific instruments Workshop & machinery

8 types

Sporting & outdoor

Memorabilia Equipment Wheels & boards

9 types

Clothing & shoes

Clothing ShoesAccessories

14 types

History & memorabilia

Music memorabilia Film & TV Historical Space & aviation

13 types

How it works

Three steps, no expert bench.

There is no panel of experts behind this, and that is the point. A bench costs money and sees a hundred things a week. The room sees everything.

01

Photograph it

Four angles, any light, the marks and the underside. Thirty seconds on a kitchen table.

02

The room answers

Anyone can name it. A guess from someone with standing in that branch counts for more than a guess from someone who has never been right about a chair.

03

A number, not a guess

Once two thirds of identifiers land on the same thing, you get the attribution and a range. Never a single figure, because nobody honest quotes one.

Badges

What the marks mean.

Every badge is a statement about agreement, never about authenticity. Anteek does not certify anything and never will.

Confirmed

Confirmed

Two thirds of identifiers agreed, across at least two identifications. The attribution holds.

Standing

Standing

Earned per branch, never globally. Ten confirmed calls on cameras says nothing about your eye for rugs, and the app treats it that way.

Disputed

Disputed

The room split. You see the split rather than a false answer, and disagreement rolls the call up to whatever everyone does agree on.

Anteek publishes community opinion. It is not an appraisal, not a valuation and not an authentication, and it is not valid for insurance, tax or probate. Where the room disagrees you will be shown the disagreement rather than a tidier answer.

Questions

What people ask first.

Short answers. The manual walks through every screen.

Is Anteek free?

Yes. There are no ads and no subscription. Anteek takes no payment and is not part of a sale: the price, the payment and the handover are between buyer and seller.

Do I need an account?

Not to look. The market, every question and every lot can be read without an account. To post, identify, estimate or message, continue with Apple or Google. There is no password, nobody on Anteek ever sees your email, and Anteek is for adults, 18 and over.

Who decides what a thing is?

The room: the people who collect that kind of thing. A thing settles when more than two thirds of the weight agrees on one answer, across at least two identifications. When the room cannot agree, you see the split, not a tidier answer.

How is the price range worked out?

From the room’s estimates. The band appears once there are 4 of them. It is the middle half, the 25th to the 75th percentile, each estimate weighed by its giver’s standing, with the median marked. Never a single figure.

Can I use the range for insurance or tax?

No. Anteek publishes community opinion, and it is not valid for insurance, tax or probate.

What can I post?

Anything old that somebody kept, across 21 branches from furniture and art to records, cameras, synths and cards. It has to be at least 20 years old: vintage is 20 and over, antique 100 and over.

How do buying and selling work?

List it with a price. Buyers message you or make an offer inside the app, and the room’s range sits on the listing for both of you. Messages cannot carry links, so fake payment pages stay out, and Anteek flags messages that look like a common scam.

What is standing?

Points you earn inside one branch, never across the whole app. Being right about cameras says nothing about your eye for rugs. Points turn into weight once you have agreed with the room 10 times in that branch, so a proven eye counts for more than a new one.

Where can I get it?

On the App Store, for iPhone with iOS 16.4 or later. Android is on the way.

Point a phone at it. Get an answer from people who collect the thing.

On iPhone now, Android soon. Free, no subscription, and the identification is the product, not a teaser for a paid report.

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