The antiques trade has a credibility problem at the low end and a knowledge premium at the high end. A name sounding like expertise rather than retail positions a business at the right end of that, which is worth more than any amount of inventory. An antiquary is someone who studies antiquities. It’s older and more scholarly than antiques dealer, and the learned societies using the title date back centuries.

The phrase carries an inherent hook. It suggests a story, which is more than most category names manage. Unclaimed art is a real and surprisingly deep subject with a serious side and a commercial one. The serious side is restitution and provenance research, an active field with institutional funding and genuine moral weight. The commercial side is the trade in abandoned and unclaimed lots, moving through auctions and storage liquidations continuously.