For Rinkya customers

One artwork authenticated, free.

If you have ever bought an animation cel from Japan through Rinkya, we will authenticate one piece of artwork at no charge. Same examination, same seal, same permanent public record as a paid submission. You pay shipping and a $25 handling fee that covers the materials at cost: the kit, the archival packaging, the seal. Nothing else.

Who qualifies

✓ You have bought an animation cel through Rinkya, at any time
✓ You submit using the same email address as your Rinkya account
✓ The piece is artwork, in one of the categories we authenticate
✓ One free authentication per customer

What is included

✓ The full authentication: a specialist answer, a condition grade, the seal, the permanent public record
✓ The tamper-evident hologram seal applied to your piece
✓ Your record published permanently and publicly verifiable

What is not included

• Shipping, which you pay. We quote it once we have seen the piece, together with the $25 handling fee for the materials.
• The Display Background. It is part of the paid packages and can be added at the usual price.
• The Advanced and Laboratory packages, appraisals, and the physical Certificate of Authenticity. Any of these can be added at the usual price.

How to claim it

1. Submit the piece through the form on our packages page, using your Rinkya email address.
2. Mention that you are claiming the free authentication in the description.
3. We check your account, confirm eligibility, and reply with the quote (shipping plus the $25 handling fee) and shipping instructions. Nothing is charged before that.

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Offer limited to one free authentication per customer and may be withdrawn at any time. Authentication is a professional opinion based on the evidence available at the time, and a free submission is examined to exactly the same standard as a paid one, including a verdict of inauthentic or inconclusive. Our Terms of Service apply. Questions: authentic@rinkya.com.