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Bares für Rares Closes Year With 90-Carat Armlet Sale and Elton John Hat Fetching €800

Expert appraisals highlighted how intrinsic metal value and celebrity provenance shaped bidding outcomes across the final two broadcasts.

Overview

  • A filigree 585 gold armlet with a nearly 90-carat smoky quartz, dated to the 1950s–60s and attributed to Portugal/southern Italy, was valued at €3,300–€3,400 and sold to Susanne Steiger for €3,300.
  • The armlet’s raw gold alone was estimated at about €3,100, illustrating how material value set a floor under the negotiation.
  • A Fedora hat bearing the initials E. J., acquired at a 1994 London charity shop linked to Elton John, was estimated up to €600 and sold after dealer bidding for €800 to Daniel Meyer.
  • An Italian 750 gold collier from the 1960s, weighing roughly 60 grams with a gold value near €3,800–€3,900, achieved €4,150 from Daniel Meyer.
  • A historic Fuhrmannsbesteck of knife and fork dated to circa 1700–1710 by expert Bianca Berding was purchased by Markus Wildhagen for €350.