Overview
- ZDF aired a primetime Christmas special on Dec. 24 with Horst Lichter hosting dealers and experts for cooking, memories and music, with the program available in the Mediathek through June 24, 2026.
- An attempted sale was halted after expert Bianca Berding identified a zinc cast with an apparently forged Gladenbeck signature, leading Horst Lichter to withhold the dealer card.
- Several low-cost or modest items delivered big returns, including a Loetz glass bowl bought in Denmark for about €1.30 that sold for €2,200, a 1930s/40s gold jewelry set that fetched €2,350, and an art‑jewelry “can” brooch that reached €1,000.
- Pricing gaps drove multiple walkouts, with owners declining top bids for items such as vintage luggage, a silver theatretasche and a signed painting, while another couple left after a sapphire ring was revalued to €3,000–€3,500 against a €12,000 expectation.
- A bidding misunderstanding saw a quip about “900,000” clarified to €1,000 before a ring sold for €1,100, and human moments included a seller breaking into song and dealers raising their voices to accommodate a hard‑of‑hearing participant.