Patine: Antique Identifier

Photograph an antique. See what pieces like it have actually sold for at auction — with the auction house, the month, the price, and a link so you can go and check for yourself. Most apps in this category show you a confident dollar figure and no way to verify it. Patine is built on the opposite rule: Never show a number without showing where it came from. When we don't know, say so, and say what would make us know. WHAT YOU GET FROM ONE PHOTOGRAPH • What the object is — maker, origin, period, material • A value range, never a single figure, with the real sold lots underneath it • Each lot's auction house, the month it sold, the hammer price, and a link to that lot • How confident the identification is — and when it isn't sure, which photograph would settle it WHEN THERE IS NO ANSWER, IT SAYS SO Sold auction prices are genuinely hard to come by. There will be objects Patine cannot…