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Bares für Rares Christmas Special Yields Big Wins and No-Deals at Schloss Drachenburg

Hard-nosed dealer bidding exposed a persistent gap between expert valuations versus market prices.

Overview

  • ZDF’s festive XXL edition, pre-recorded at Schloss Drachenburg, aired in primetime with seven high-profile appraisals and dealer negotiations.
  • Daniel Meyer bought a 124-piece Tiffany & Co. sterling service for €10,500, edging past the €8,000–€10,000 expert estimate.
  • A Meissen Drüselkästchen inspired a bidding surge before Fabian Kahl and Julian Schmitz-Avila teamed up to purchase it for €11,200.
  • An antique navette brooch from around 1900 with 81 old-cut diamonds and rubies sold to Susanne Steiger for €3,700, far above its €2,000–€2,100 appraisal.
  • Notable misses underscored market discipline, as a 1950s platinum ring stalled at €1,600 against a €2,000–€2,500 estimate, a 1975 Bally pinball went for €900 below its €1,000–€1,500 valuation, and celebrity guest Larissa Marolt kept her Franz Joseph I pin after declining bids topping out at €3,500.