THE REGISTRY
The Auction Continuity Registry
A Living Record of Market History
Every valuable object passes through hands, locations, and markets over time.
Yet each auction traditionally treats that object as if its history begins and ends at the catalog.
The Auction Continuity Registry changes that.
It creates a persistent, neutral, and mathematically verifiable record of an object’s presence and representation whenever it enters the market — without making claims, guarantees, or subjective judgments.
This is not provenance.
This is continuity.
What Continuity Means in Auctions
Continuity answers a simple question:
Can this object’s documented history be followed without gaps, contradictions, or retroactive changes?
ACE achieves this by creating:
timestamped snapshots at the moment a lot is offered
cryptographically chained records that cannot be altered
verifiable links between past and future appearances of the same object
Each time an item is registered, its continuity record strengthens — without requiring additional work from the auction house.
From Single Sale to Market Memory
Initially, ACE protects a single auction.
Over time, something more powerful emerges.
As objects reappear:
at different houses
in different years
under different ownership
Their continuity records accumulate.
The registry becomes a living market memory — not owned by sellers, buyers, or houses, but anchored in mathematics and time.
No opinions.
No retroactive edits.
No rewritten history.
Only what was known, when it was known.
Before and After the Sale
Before Sale
Documents how the object was presented to the market
Builds buyer confidence at the moment of bidding
Protects the house by preserving disclosures and context
After Sale
Preserves the historical snapshot indefinitely
Allows future owners to reference original sale context
Enables optional continuity checks when the object re-enters the market
Auction houses serve as the trusted entry point.
Buyers may choose to continue the record over time.