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Bares für Rares Episodes Spotlight Fake Busts, Price Resets and a Costly Post‑Sale Mishap

Expert scrutiny sets the terms of trade across the latest broadcasts.

Overview

  • An expert determined several purported Lalique/Nina Ricci perfume flacons were counterfeits, so the seller was denied access to the dealer room.
  • A sculpture bearing a Gladenbeck & Sohn signature proved to be a zinc cast with a forged mark, prompting Horst Lichter to stop the sale.
  • Sky‑high expectations were reset when a landscape with a jokingly cited €800,000 wish moved for €800 to Wolfgang Pauritsch.
  • A couple withdrew a sapphire ring after expert Heide Rezepa‑Zabel valued it at €3,000–3,500 versus their €12,000 target, citing market shifts since the 1990s.
  • Dealers showed both aggressive and sentimental pricing as a cat tin fetched €800 against a €50 ask, a vintage camera drew €400 to win a smile, and a €500 Murano lamp arrived damaged and was repurposed into four saleable pieces.