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Bares für Rares Closes August With Windfalls, Coin-Toss Purchase and Price Gaps

Recent episodes show how expert estimates, condition and dealer resale calculations ultimately set the final price.

Overview

  • A highly complicated circa‑1900 Savonette pocket watch, expert‑valued at €5,000 to €5,500 with roughly €3,000 in gold, sold to Julian Schmitz‑Avila for €3,700.
  • A 1960s folding wristwatch in 750 gold changed hands for €4,000 after the expert put its melt value at about €4,250.
  • A novelty violin‑case bar led to a coin toss to break a bidding deadlock, with Jan Čížek winning the right to buy at €250.
  • A Loetz jardiniere found for the equivalent of €1.30 at a Danish flea market fetched €2,200 from dealer Fabian Kahl.
  • Market divergences stood out as a ~100‑year‑old Rolex sold for €1,500 above a €1,000–€1,200 estimate, a Berkel scale brought €210 against a €2,500 wish, over‑cleaned WMF candelabra made €300, and a gold ring sale failed at €600.