Anteek The app

A TG LABS app

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.

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.

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 appear here once the app is out.

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

$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

$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

19 branches · 280 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

Seating · Tables · Casegoods · Beds & bedroom · Office & industrial · Outdoor & garden

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

Mirrors · Vases & vessels · Wall decor · Boxes & desk objects · Fireplace & hardware

15 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

15 types

Comics & print

Comic books · Books · Magazines · Paper ephemera

16 types

Recorded media

Vinyl records · Tape · Optical & digital · Film & video

14 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

17 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 & medals · Stamps

10 types

Tools & scientific

Hand tools · Scientific instruments · Workshop & machinery

8 types

Sporting & outdoor

Memorabilia · Equipment · Wheels & boards

9 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.

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

Coming to iPhone and Android. Free, no subscription, and the identification is the product, not a teaser for a paid report.

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