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Bares für Rares Updates: Fakes Exposed, Diamond Ring Recast, Surprise Prices On-Air

Recent episodes show on‑air expertise shaping sales through authentication, discretionary bidding, reworked merchandise.

Overview

  • Dealer Elke Velten‑Tönnies bought a ring with a 3.8–3.9 ct brilliant for €5,300, spent about €4,000 on goldsmith work, and transformed it into a yellow‑gold bracelet she plans to retail at €12,000.
  • Former actress Cosima Viola learned several supposed Lalique Nina Ricci flacons were fakes lacking the required marks and even made of plastic, leading host Horst Lichter to deny a dealer card.
  • An "Amazone" sculpture bearing a Gladenbeck signature was identified as zinc casting with a forged mark, prompting expert Bianca Berding to call out bad faith and the sale to be halted.
  • A small cat‑motif tin dated to the late imperial period and estimated at €400–500 drew a bidding battle in the dealer room and sold to Fabian Kahl for €800 after the seller asked only €50.
  • Outcomes ranged widely as a Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten landscape sold for €800 against hopes of a windfall, and a Robot Royal camera appraised at €250–350 fetched €400 from Julian Schmitz‑Avila for sentimental reasons.