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Bares für Rares Recaps Spotlight Price Gaps, Dealer Codes, and Salesroom Outcomes

New write-ups show how expert estimates, seller hopes, bidding dynamics set the final results on ZDF’s daily antiques show.

Overview

  • Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz paid €80 for a low-demand flax heckle despite a €15–25 valuation, citing an on-show Ehrenkodex to try to buy everything, then reworked it into a key rack to recoup his outlay.
  • A Robot Royal camera from the mid-1950s was valued at €250–350, yet seller resolve led Julian Schmitz-Avila to bid up to €400 to secure the purchase.
  • Following the camera deal, Fabian Kahl quipped, “Not every dealer is a good dealer,” offering a pointed critique of a colleague’s approach.
  • A Wilhelm Lucas painting estimated at €2,800–3,500 drew a €2,200 top bid from Wolfgang Pauritsch that the seller refused, leaving without a sale.
  • A Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten landscape carried an €800–1,200 estimate and sold to Pauritsch for €800 after an initially overstated price notion surfaced.