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‘Bares für Rares’ Highlights Stark Price Gaps as One Vase Soars Past Estimate

Experts’ blunt appraisals rein in lofty asks, underscoring how market demand sets the real price on the dealer floor.

Overview

  • Two sellers from Kleve sought €4,000–€5,000 for vintage gym apparatus but accepted a three-dealer split of €900 after an expert valuation of €1,150 for all three pieces.
  • A Loetz Jugendstil vase dated around 1900, estimated at €800–€1,200 by expert Albert Maier, drew a bidding duel and sold to Wolfgang Pauritsch for €1,600.
  • Fabian Kahl attempted a late €1,650 offer after the Loetz deal closed, but the sale stood and Pauritsch kept the vase.
  • A Berkel shop scale from a family store was met with a sharp rebuke from expert Sven Deutschmanek, who valued it at €150–€250 against the sellers’ €2,500 hope; it sold to Julian Schmitz-Avila for €210.
  • Host Horst Lichter reacted with disbelief to outsized wish prices, and proceeds from the gym equipment sale were directed to children’s groups at the sellers’ sports club.