Overview
- ZDF’s weekend trio drew robust audiences — Händlerstücke 1.519 million (12.5% share), Lieblingsstücke 1.433 million (14.1%), and Waldi’s Welt 1.415 million (12.3%) — prompting media appeals for more spin-offs.
- An Art‑Deco brooch with 6.67 carats, valued at €7,000–€8,000, sold after fierce bidding for €6,300 to Julian Schmitz‑Avila, with Wolfgang Pauritsch quipping about a bank run.
- Small buys paid off and estimates were eclipsed, as a €2 1896 Berlin panorama went for €250 and a rare Levi’s denim banner soared to €470 against a €60–€80 appraisal.
- Not all appraisals held: a Niki de Saint Phalle serigraph touted at up to €1,000 changed hands for €500 despite broad dealer recognition.
- Dealer-room dynamics swung from costly errors to value creation, with one seller halting a duel at €250 by saying yes too soon while Händlerstücke projects lifted resale aims, from Jos van Katwijk’s revamped liege targeting ~€2,500 to Pauritsch’s silver‑plate weather station offered at €1,900.