Intake

Have it examined

Tell us what you have and attach photographs. The more you can say about where it came from, the faster this goes — provenance answers questions that no amount of staring at the ink can.

01You

NameEmail

PhoneOptional — faster for anything time-sensitive

02The item

Whose signature is it meant to be?

What is it signed on?What was it signed with?

Year or era signedA guess is fine — say soWhat did you pay?Optional, and it stays private

Where did it come from?Seller, event, estate, who you got it from and when — this is the single most useful box on the form

03Paperwork

Certificate statusCertificate or hologram numberIf there is one

What do you want back?What made you suspicious?Be blunt. “The seller went quiet when I asked for provenance” is real evidence.

04Photographs

JPEG or PNG, up to 7 MB across all three. If your phone shoots large files, send the close-up first — it carries the most information.

The whole itemClose-up of the signatureCertificate, reverse side, or provenance document

Submissions are reviewed by hand. Nothing on this site is itself a formal opinion of authenticity.