AntiqScan

Almost everyone ends up holding an object they can’t account for. It came from a grandparent, a house clearance, a yard-sale table, a box in an attic. It might be worth eight dollars or eight hundred, and the only way to know has traditionally been to find an expert, wait, and pay.

AntiqScan compresses that first step to a photograph. Point the camera at the piece — and at its base or hallmark, which matters more than people expect — and you get back what it appears to be: name, era, origin, materials, a condition grade, a rarity score and an estimated market range, with a stated confidence level attached so you know how firmly to hold it.

The value figures come from real sold prices rather than asking prices, which is the distinction that makes a valuation useful — something listed at $400 for two years is not worth $400.

It’s built for the people who encounter unidentified objects often: collectors, estate-sale and thrift shoppers, flea market hunters, resellers pricing eBay and Etsy listings, and anyone working through a house that someone else spent fifty years filling. Finds go into collections that track a running portfolio value, and any item can be exported as a PDF appraisal report.

What it is not is a certified appraisal, and the app is direct about that. It’s the fast first opinion that tells you which three items out of thirty are worth a professional’s time.