These terms apply to your use of realrareantiques.com and to any purchase you make from us. The site is run by The Katana Connection Pte Ltd, a private limited company governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore, trading as Real Rare Antiques ("we", "us", "our"). By using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
How we handle personal data is explained in our Privacy Policy.
Using the website
You may browse the site and send us inquiries. You must not:
- use the site for anything unlawful, misleading or fraudulent;
- impersonate anyone, give false details about yourself, or act for an organisation without its authority;
- send spam, or flood our forms with repeated or automated submissions;
- upload or transmit viruses or any other code designed to damage or alter a computer, device or data;
- try to gain unauthorised access to the site or to the servers and networks behind it, or interfere with how they work, for example by a denial-of-service attack;
- copy, scrape or data-mine the site with bots, spiders or other automated tools, or copy, modify or reverse engineer any part of it;
- frame or mirror any part of the site, or use it to build a similar or competing service;
- suggest that we endorse anything you say, without our written consent.
If you break these rules, we may block your access to the site and decline to deal with you.
Descriptions and photographs
We examine every piece carefully before we list it, and we describe its age and origin honestly and to the best of our knowledge. Antiques usually show some wear consistent with their age. Where we know of damage, our description says so. Pieces are sold as seen, and we are glad to send extra photographs on request so that you can judge their condition for yourself.
We photograph each piece to show it as accurately as we can, but colours and textures can look slightly different on screen. Please read the description, study the photographs and ask us any questions before you buy. The site may occasionally contain a typing error, an inaccuracy or an omission, and we may correct it at any time.
Prices and quotes
Prices are not shown on the site. When you ask about a piece, we reply by email with its price, extra photographs if you wish, and a shipping quote. A price we quote is valid as stated in that email. Prices are in US dollars unless our email says otherwise. Apart from a quote that is still valid, we may change the price of any piece at any time.
How a sale is made
There is no online checkout. To buy a piece:
- You send an inquiry through the form on the piece's page, or through our contact form.
- We reply by email with the price, extra photographs if you wish, and a shipping quote.
- If you wish to buy, you tell us by email. The sale is agreed when we confirm it to you by email.
- We agree the payment method with you, and ship the piece once payment has been received.
Sending an inquiry does not commit you to buy, or us to sell. To buy from us, you must be at least 18, or the age of majority where you live if that is higher. If you buy on behalf of a business or other organisation, you confirm that you have the authority to do so.
Payment
We accept bank transfer, card payment and cryptocurrency. The details for your chosen method are agreed by email. Any fees or commissions charged by your bank, card provider or cryptocurrency service for the method you choose are yours to pay. Payment must be received in full before a piece is shipped.
Shipping
Once payment has been received, we usually dispatch the piece within three to five business days by express, tracked delivery, and email you the tracking number. Every shipment is fully insured for its value until it is delivered to you. Delivery usually takes three to seven business days, although customs checks in your country can add to this. Delivery times are estimates, not guarantees.
We do not ship to countries subject to sanctions that prevent the shipment, including United States sanctions, or to countries that restrict the import of antiques.
Import duties and import rules
You are responsible for any import duties, taxes and customs charges that your country applies to a purchase, and for complying with its rules on importing antiques. Please check these before you buy.
Returns
Because moving antiques from one country to another is costly, we do not offer refunds, returns or exchanges. All sales are final.
Pieces are sold as seen. Before you buy, please read the description, study the photographs and ask us anything you wish to know. By agreeing to buy a piece, you confirm that you have done so. When the piece arrives, examine it straight away, yourself or with the help of an expert of your choice.
Intellectual property
The text, photographs and design of this site belong to us or are used with permission. You may view and print pages for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not reproduce, publish or use our photographs or text for commercial or marketing purposes without our written permission.
If you send us comments or suggestions about the site, we may use them freely and without any obligation to you.
Liability
We provide the site and the information on it "as is" and "as available". We do not promise that the site will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or free of errors.
Apart from our description of a piece, and to the extent the law allows, we give no other warranties or conditions, express or implied, about the pieces we sell.
Nothing in these terms limits or excludes any right you have, or any liability we have, that cannot be limited or excluded by law.
You agree to compensate us and our directors, officers, employees and agents for any losses, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your fraud or deception, your breach of the law or your breach of these terms.
Events beyond our control
We are not responsible for any delay or failure to meet our obligations caused by events beyond our reasonable control and not caused by our fault or negligence, such as natural disasters, fire, flood, storms, explosions, war, terrorism, riots, government action or court orders. If such an event delays a sale, we will tell you in writing within ten days, with an estimate of how long the delay may last.
Governing law and disputes
These terms, and any dispute or claim arising from them, from your use of the site or from a purchase, are governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore. If a dispute arises, please contact us first so that we can try to settle it. If we cannot, the courts of the Republic of Singapore have exclusive jurisdiction.
General
- Changes. We may update these terms from time to time. The current version is always on this page, and by using the site after an update you accept the updated terms.
- Notices. Notices must be in writing, and email counts as writing. We will send notices to the email address you have given us, and you can send notices to us through the contact form. A notice is treated as received on the day it is sent.
- No waiver. If we do not enforce a right under these terms, we have not given it up.
- Assignment. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms, without your consent, as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of all or substantially all of our business or assets.
- Severability. If any part of these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the rest remains in force.
Contact us
If you have a question about these terms, please write to us through our contact form.
Last updated: September 2026.