Overview

• A gold pocket watch linked by its owner to King Ludwig II drew a €40,000 offer from Susanne Steiger after an expert valuation of €30,000–35,000, but the seller declined following his earlier €70,000 Sotheby’s Munich expectation.
• ZDF expert Sven Deutschmanek identified a supposed apothecary device as a modern decorative piece from the 1970s–80s, and dealers still bid, with Markus Wildhagen paying €80.
• Fabian Kahl said he will start exhibiting at trade fairs soon and recalled buying two Adelsbriefe for €4,350, later placing one with a city museum.
• In Händlerstücke, Wolfgang Pauritsch reworked a silver enamel wall plate into a weather station after a €750 purchase plus €150 for instruments and €300 labor, with a planned €1,900 asking price.
• Fellow dealer Markus Wildhagen converted a ship searchlight into a color-changing party light after paying €4,650 and adding €500–€600 labor plus €250 materials, targeting a €6,800 sale, as other segments again showed gaps between estimates and sales such as a Cologne painting selling for €600 against a €2,000 appraisal.