# Securing antiques: export is its own question, the cellar its own damage

> Securing antiques: document origin and age, clarify export before transport, do not leave the climate to the cellar.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/antiquitaeten-ausfuhr-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

"Antique" is not protection and not permission. Some pieces may be sold and exported, some need a permit, some should not go on the transporter at all. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) you clarify that before you buy and before you set off. This text is not a customs guide.

## Storage

By the material: wood like furniture, metal like silver or armor, paper like paper. The damp cellar is the slow damage for almost everything. You store dry and you write down what you have, with a photo and proof.

## The folder

Object, material, age as far as documented, origin, proof, and one sentence on whether a permit for a transport was required or still has to be clarified. Archaeological objects have a sharper text: [Archaeology](/artikel/archaeologische-objekte-sichern).


## Häufige Fragen

### May I export every old piece?

No. Clarify before the transport. This text does not decide the individual case.

### Cellar?

Only dry. Damp is the damage without a thief.

### Is the word antique on the invoice enough?

No. You need what describes the piece, and in tight cases the permit.