How Dealer Data Is Collected

Last reviewed 2026-08-15

Who appears

The listings behind Relics of War come from the dealers and auction houses that participate in ArtifactSearch.com. Every source is a United States business, reviewed before it is activated, and a source that is found to sell reproductions as originals is not added — or is removed. Sources are identified on every listing card and on their own profile pages on ArtifactSearch.

How listings are gathered

ArtifactSearch reads each participating source's public website or catalog on a schedule (nightly for most), records each listing's title, description, price, photographs, and category, and links back to the original page. Sources may also supply listings directly. Nothing is edited into a listing that the seller did not publish; category and era assignments are added so listings can be organized and searched.

Sensitive material

Some historical material is handled with additional care. Items in restricted or under-review sensitive categories are not syndicated to Relics of War at all, even where ArtifactSearch shows them behind its own gating.

Refresh cycle

Relics of War rebuilds every night from a read-only copy of ArtifactSearch's public catalog. New listings appear the next morning; sold or withdrawn listings disappear the same way. Sold results feed the price guide.

What is excluded

• Sources that are paused, retired, or hidden on ArtifactSearch.
• Listings that are sold, withdrawn, or awaiting review.
• Modern (post-1975) military surplus, reproductions and reenactor supplies, metal detectors, and books, which have their own sections on ArtifactSearch and are not part of Relics of War's scope.

For dealers and auction houses

Want your inventory in the marketplace? Start at ArtifactSearch.com or contact us.