Overview

• Susanne Steiger bought a 1970s collier‑and‑ring set with diamonds and sapphires for €8,500 after an expert valuation of €7,500 to €8,000, marking the top deal of the new week’s episode.
• Dealer Julian Schmitz-Avila acquired an approximately 100‑year‑old ladies’ Rolex and framed the purchase as a way to access more watches from the seller’s family, with reports differing on whether he paid €1,250 or €1,500.
• A rare Loetz jardiniere found for €1.30 at a Danish flea market sold for €2,200 to Fabian Kahl, delivering one of the run’s biggest windfalls for a casual picker.
• The appraisal–sale gap was on display when an antique Berkel scale sought at €2,500 was valued at €150 to €250 and ultimately sold for €210 after the expert called the wish price “extremely exaggerated.”
• Procedural outliers stood out, including a coin‑flip tiebreak to award a violin‑case minibar and Schmitz‑Avila retracting a €60 offer on vintage print letters to advise trying an online auction instead.