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The Problem & The Solution
Fake artifacts flood online marketplaces. A "COA" can mean anything from a respected expert's documented examination to a seller-printed card. And expert authentication—as valuable as it is—takes weeks and can't reach every purchase. The result is a trust gap where collectors on both sides lose.
ArtifactVerify exists to help close that gap.
Trust has broken down at every level of the arrowhead market. Here's what's happening:
Certificate of Authenticity—three words that should carry weight. In theory, a COA should represent a universally trusted expert's professional opinion that an artifact is genuine, backed by reputation, methodology, and expertise.
In practice? The label is applied so unevenly that it's hard to know what any given COA is worth without already knowing the field:
A seller-printed card with no verifiable credentials, methodology, standards, accountability.
Often legitimate, sometimes fabricated. No easy way to verify the original collector or their sourcing. Reproductions can be packaged in with "estate sales."
Issued by recognized authenticators with decades of experience, published works, and professional accountability. This is the real thing—but it costs $35-75+, takes weeks, and there are only so many trusted experts to go around.
A verifiable, tamper-proof screening layer with published methodology and error rates, and shareable documentation that travels with the artifact—alongside expert examination, not in place of it.
Modern AI has reached a level of visual analysis capability that makes real-time, high-quality artifact assessment possible.
ArtifactVerify uses top-tier AI models from Anthropic combined with proprietary contour matching—specifically because of their exceptional performance in fine-grained visual analysis tasks:
Raw AI output isn't enough though - we've built a complete system:
You found a nice point online. The seller wants $40. You're on the fence and you only have a day or two before someone else buys it. Sound familiar?
Ship the artifact, wait 2-4 weeks, pay $35-75+. Great for museum-quality pieces. But for a $40 Facebook Marketplace find? The math doesn't work.
By the time you'd get an answer, the piece is long gone—bought by someone else or the deal has moved on.
A quick sanity check before you commit. Not a guarantee—just enough information to make a more informed decision while the opportunity is still there.
That's what ArtifactVerify provides: fast, affordable analysis that meets the timeline and budget of modern collecting.
Upload photos, get assessment in minutes. No shipping, no waiting, no risk of damage in transit.
Neither buyer nor seller controls the result. Algorithmic objectivity that both sides can trust.
Not binary yes/no—calibrated percentages that reflect real-world likelihood, with honest 'Inconclusive' when warranted.
SHA-256 hashing binds assessment to exact images. If someone swaps photos, verification fails.
Public verification pages and QR codes that travel with your artifact—digital proof accessible anywhere, anytime.
See exactly what the AI observed and why—evidence-based reasoning with published accuracy numbers you can check yourself.
ArtifactVerify resets the playing field. Equal access to professional-grade analysis for every collector, every transaction.