Overview
- In the latest recap, a couple seeking €12,000 for a sapphire ring left the studio after expert Heide Rezepa-Zabel put its value at €3,000–€3,500, citing market shifts since the 1990s.
- Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz paid €80 for a little-sought flax heckle despite a €15–€25 estimate, invoking a self-described dealer code to buy difficult items and later repurposing it as a key rack.
- A Robot Royal camera from the 1950s, assessed at €250–€350 against a €350–€400 wish, sold only after Julian Schmitz-Avila raised his own bid to €400, prompting Fabian Kahl’s jab that “not every dealer is a good dealer.”
- A Wilhelm Lucas painting valued at €2,800–€3,500 drew a top bid of €2,200 from Wolfgang Pauritsch, which the owners declined before departing unsold.
- A Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten landscape joked about at €800,000 was appraised at €800–€1,200 and ultimately sold to Pauritsch for €800.