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Bares für Rares Update: Forgery Ruling and Firm Appraisals Yield Mixed Outcomes

Expert authentication drives pricing outcomes.

Overview

  • Three vintage gym apparatus valued at €1,150 collectively were sold as a split deal for €900 (€300 each) to three dealers, far below the €4,000–€5,000 expectation and benefiting a youth club.
  • A Jugendstil Loetz Witwe vase estimated at €800–€1,200 sold to Wolfgang Pauritsch for €1,600 after competitive bidding, with Fabian Kahl’s late €1,650 offer ruled too late.
  • A Berkel shop scale pitched by sellers at €2,500 was appraised at €150–€250 and purchased by Julian Schmitz-Avila for €210 following a blunt valuation.
  • A glass vase bearing a Gallé signature was deemed a modern imitation by Colmar Schulte-Goltz, leading Horst Lichter to withhold the dealer card and block a sale.
  • A student withdrew an alleged first-edition Mendelssohn partiture from sale after a valuation up to €400 and a €300 offer, leaving with the item following dealer advice to keep it.