How transfers work
When the guitar changes hands, its history goes with it.
A Wire & Wood record is not recreated at every sale. It moves — with every photograph, note, certificate and event still attached — so the next owner inherits the whole story instead of starting from an empty page.
Seller to buyer
The timeline, step by step.
- Step 1
The seller starts the transfer
From the instrument's record, the seller enters the buyer's email address. Nothing is deleted and nothing is edited — the record simply becomes claimable by that address.
- Step 2
The buyer receives a claim link
The buyer opens the link and signs in or creates an account. Until they claim it, the record stays with the seller and remains fully intact.
- Step 3
The record changes hands
Once claimed, the instrument appears in the buyer's collection with its photographs, notes, certificates and full documented history already in place.
- Step 4
The transfer becomes part of the history
A dated ownership event is added to the timeline. The previous owner's chapter stays readable — it is history, not a draft to be replaced.
Events, not overwrites
Nothing in the history is ever replaced.
Every change to an instrument — a repair, a modification, a new declared value, a new owner — is added to the record as its own dated entry. Older entries stay exactly as they were written. That is what makes the record worth trusting years later: you can read the whole sequence, not just the latest version of it.
Transfers are recorded as events, not overwrites.
Certificates issued before a sale stay valid and unchanged. A new owner can issue a new dated certificate; it links back to the one before it.
Seller
↓Wire & Wood record
↓Buyer
What the buyer receives
A complete record, on day one.
- Instrument details and specifications
- Every photograph, with its notes
- Repairs, modifications and maintenance entries
- Previous ownership entries
- Certificates already issued for the instrument
Private information stays private. A location you have recorded for your own reference is never shown on a public certificate or verification page.
Start the record before you sell.
A documented instrument is easier to sell, easier to insure and easier to trust.