The MulderCreations Registry
To Preserve Trust Across Generations
I believe an artwork is more than the physical work itself. Its journey—from its creation and first acquisition to future owners, exhibitions and generations—is an essential part of its identity and value. Preserving that journey means preserving its authenticity, provenance and the trust that surrounds it.
A work of art can survive for centuries. The trust behind it should survive even longer. The MulderCreations Registry is being built to protect that trust and preserve the history of every artwork for generations to come.
What is the registry
Every official MulderCreations artwork is connected to a permanent Registry record designed to preserve its authenticity, provenance and ownership history across generations.
The Registry is not a marketplace or an NFT project. It is being developed as the long-term infrastructure behind every official MulderCreations artwork: a trusted record connecting the physical artwork, its certificates, its verified ownership and its history.
How it works today
The foundation of the Registry already begins with every acquisition.
Ownership is established through contractual documentation and recorded by MulderCreations. The collector becomes the legal owner of the physical artwork, while the digital certificate remains secured in the MulderCreations digital archive.
The digital certificate does not determine ownership of the physical artwork. Instead, it forms a permanent digital verification layer connected to the artwork and its provenance.
For privacy, the identity of the collector is verified and recorded internally, while the public Registry uses an alias. The Registry can also indicate whether the current owner is open to acquisition enquiries without revealing their identity.
Future ownership transfers are intended to take place through MulderCreations, allowing the artwork, documentation, ownership record and provenance to be verified before a new owner is registered.
Verified Ownership Transfers
Every future ownership transfer is intended to take place through MulderCreations. This allows the Registry to protect the chain of provenance and verify that the artwork passes from its legitimate owner to its new owner.
During a transfer, MulderCreations will verify the identity of the buyer and seller, the ownership record, the physical and digital certificates, the artwork itself and its provenance. Once the transfer has been completed and verified, the new owner is registered and the permanent provenance record is updated.
As the Registry develops, this process is intended to evolve into a White-Glove Transfer service, personally guiding both parties through the transfer and due-diligence process.
Building the Registry for the future
The Registry is being designed to become increasingly sophisticated as MulderCreations grows.
Future verification layers are intended to include NFC identification and physical artwork fingerprinting, creating an increasingly strong connection between the physical artwork and its permanent Registry record.
The Registry is also intended to preserve significant events throughout the life of an artwork, including ownership transfers, exhibitions, publications, inheritance and other important provenance.
The objective is not simply to record who owns an artwork today.
The Registry is being designed so that the provenance and authentication infrastructure can survive independently of any individual owner, partner or generation.
Its purpose is to preserve an authoritative chain of trust that can remain with an artwork for hundreds — potentially thousands — of years.
The 15% Continuity Contribution
This contribution is not simply a transaction fee. It exists to help finance the long-term infrastructure required to protect the authenticity, provenance and continuity of every MulderCreations artwork.
In the early stages, part of this contribution will help fund the continued development of the Registry. As the system matures, it is intended to support secure record keeping, verification, ownership transfers, due diligence, technological development, long-term preservation and future White-Glove Transfer services.
Over time, the objective is to build sufficient infrastructure and financial reserves for the Registry to continue protecting the artworks and their histories across future generations.
