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Acc. AR-014 · listed · as found

Antique intake · provenance · one object

Dated, graded, and photographed as found.

Vintage and antique registrar desk. Quantity is always one. Era, maker, dated custody, condition, and restoration sit on the object — or it does not list. A broken chain cannot sell.

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Quantity1 — sale closes the record
Grade on fileHigh confidence · lining 2016
Ask vs comps$340 under last sold
Dutch floral still life in a bronze vase, c. 1660, photographed as found for intake
Qty 1 · listed Floral still life · de Heem circle · c. 1660

Wall labels under the object, not a brochure caption.

Every plate is a single object. Maker attribution with confidence, condition, and restoration history sit on the print. Sale closes the record.

Matte dome floor lamp, mid-century, attributed Stilnovo, c. 1962
Qty 1 · listed Dome floor lamp c. 1962 · Stilnovo, Milan · high confidence · rewired 2019
Tufted mid-century lounge sofa, c. 1958, estate tagged
Qty 1 · listed Tufted lounge c. 1958 · maker unknown · medium · sun fade on arms
Leather-bound volumes on an archive shelf, c. 1880, library stamp
Qty 1 · listed Bound shelf lot c. 1880 · library stamp · foxing on endpapers
Parlor sofa and tripod lamp against paper walls, c. 1928
Qty 1 · listed Parlor set c. 1928 · estate tagged · frame sound · no restoration
Pastoral landscape oil, school of, maker unattributed, held from listing
Attribution hold Pastoral lane, school of c. 1840 · maker unattributed · cannot list

Provenance

Dated custody, or the sale is blocked.

Each step needs a date, a custodian, and evidence. A gap in the chain is not a story — it is a hold. Quantity stays one until the record closes.

01 Stilnovo workshop invoice · Milan
02 Bill of sale · Hudson private collection
03 Rewire by Lumen Atelier · original shade retained
04 Archive Room intake · condition photos attached
01 Estate tag · photograph drawer
-- Gap — no custody evidence · sale blocked
Wooden drawer of sepia portraits, broken provenance chain, c. 1914
Sale blocked Photograph drawer c. 1914 · qty 1 · chain broken 1974–1998
Comparable versus ask · restoration on the basis

Comparable versus ask

The ask sits under the last sold comps.

Stilnovo dome · last three sold$380 – $420
Ask on AR-014$340
Quantity1 — sale closes the record

If the registrar cannot name a comparable, the ask stays on hold with the attribution.

Margin including restoration

Rewire is cost, not a footnote.

Landed · Hudson estate$180
Restoration · Lumen Atelier 2019$90
Basis on the record$270
Ask · qty 1$340
Margin if it sells at ask+$70

Take payment

Charge the object. Qty 1. Broken chain still blocks sale.

Stripe Checkout opens on the unpaid order total. The till cannot type a price. An object with a broken provenance chain still cannot list, and a listed object with no captured payment is not sold.

Collect on the object Order payments
  1. Stripe CheckoutCard on Stripe. Amount from the unpaid order row.
  2. Server totalAsk versus comps stays on the registrar ticket. The till does not take a typed amount.
  3. CapturedStripe marks the order captured. Sale closes the record.

Intake the object. Date the chain. Or it does not list.

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