CharityStars

CharityStars is an Auction-House-tier charity fundraising platform, founded in 2013 and based in Milan, Italy, that auctions signed and match-worn sports memorabilia and experiences to raise money for causes. It is an auction intermediary, not a forensic authentication bureau: items belong to third-party sellers, a certificate of authenticity accompanies them where provided and is often cross-checked with the club, and CharityStars conducts due diligence but does not itself guarantee absolute authenticity.

Why this matters for collectors

For a collector, CharityStars' value is access to memorabilia tied to a documented charitable auction, often club-supplied match-worn or signed items routed through an official fundraising partnership, with a share of the proceeds going to the cause. The provenance is the auction and consignment record rather than a certificate CharityStars issues itself, and because it operates as an intermediary that does not warrant absolute authenticity, such an item is best held with its auction documentation and any accompanying club or third-party certificate. CharityStars does not run its own certificate-lookup database, so where a lot is independently authenticated the verification route is that third party's certificate. Walkouts references CharityStars as a charitable auction channel whose assurance is documented auction provenance.