Your collection costs nothing to keep here. What you pay for, if you ever do, is the circle around it.
Free account
Catalogue everything you own, privately, for nothing.
An unlimited private catalogue — pieces, collections, photographs and provenance notes
Make any piece or collection public when you choose, and hide it again
Post in any subgroup: identification help, discussion, showcase, history and research
Comment, like, and follow the categories you care about
Ask for a possession badge, and take part in members-agree votes once verified
Patron
The trusted circle: the people, not the platform.
Everything in a free account
Private messages with other collectors
Friends, so a chosen few can see what the public cannot
Mark pieces open to sale or trade, and enquire about other people’s
Request and host in-person meet-ups and show-and-tells, once verified
Institution
For museums, societies and dealers. Arranged with us directly.
Everything a Patron has
An institutional profile rather than a personal one
Talk to us about what your collection needs
What it costs
Patina is in public beta and nothing is being charged yet. Patron access is granted by us for now, and we will say plainly what it costs, well before anyone is ever asked to pay.
How Patina pays for itself
Today a Patron subscription is the only thing Patina charges for. Sales and trades between collectors are arranged privately, off Patina. If we add paid services later — an expert examination of a piece, say — we will say plainly what they cost before anyone is asked to pay.