Every classic sale is the start of an ownership.
Patina makes owning a classic in the UK easier, from the winning bid to the car in the garage, and for every year after. We’re a free club for owners at every price level, built around the car itself: its history, its value and the specialists who look after it.
Talk to us about partneringTwo kinds of partner.
Auction platforms, dealers and marketplaces
You sell the car. Patina looks after your buyer from then on, whoever handled the sale and for as long as they own it: getting the car home, registered, insured, stored and recorded. We don’t compete for listings. A better buyer experience means more confident bidders, and the car’s story stays with it, honestly and on record, for the next sale.
Specialists and service providers
Insurers, storage and transport companies, restorers, parts suppliers, inspectors and legal and finance specialists. We introduce you to owners looking for you, at the moment they’re looking, under your own name.
Your partners prepare the car for the sale. Patina looks after the owner for every year after it.
Selling partners
- Work for the seller
- Prepare, photograph and list the car
- Finish when the car is delivered
Patina
- Works for the buyer and owner, whoever sold the car
- Home, registered, insured, stored and cared for
- A permanent record and its value, for as long as they own it
- Never competes for listings
What Patina does for a buyer.
Bring it home
- Enclosed transport
- First registration for imported cars
- Export paperwork for overseas buyers
Protect it
- Agreed-value insurance
- Garaging and storage
- Independent inspections
Keep its story
- A Patina garage record for the car
- Photographs, history and paperwork kept together
- Valuation and price trends over time
Good for buyers. Good for the cars.
Easier buying in the UK
Shipping, registration, insurance and storage are where a remote purchase gets hard. We take that off the buyer, whoever sold the car, so they bid with confidence.
Honest, permanent records
Every car’s history, photographs and paperwork kept together and passed on. The story outlives the sale.
A community of owners
Owners at every price level sharing what they know about their cars, in the open.
Simple for you. Clear for the owner.
Every partner is named to the owner before they use your service, and we're open with members that Patina may be paid a fee. That keeps the club free and the relationship honest.
- We agree how we work togetherWhich services, which owners, and how introductions and fees work.
- Owners find you through PatinaAt the right moment: after a purchase, at renewal, before a restoration or a sale.
- You serve them under your own namePatina makes the introduction and keeps the car's record up to date.
We're choosing our founding partners now.
If you sell classic cars or look after them, we'd like to hear from you.