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Bares für Rares Updates: Tough Valuations, Creative Flips, 10-Year Milestone

New segments spotlight expert calls plus dealer makeovers shaping what sells.

Overview

  • An Otto Pippel hunting scene in very poor condition was valued at €500–€700 due to damage and an unpopular motif, then sold on the Nov. 11 ZDF episode for €500 to dealer Elke Velten-Tönnies, with the broadcast available in the ZDF Mediathek.
  • A 1970s white-gold necklace and earrings set drew doubts over matching receipts and was estimated at €450–€500 before selling to Susanne Steiger for €550, while a Niki de Saint Phalle frog brooch found for a few euros was valued at €400 and sold to Anaisio Guedes for €420 despite visible wear.
  • In the Händlerstücke special, Wolfgang Pauritsch bought a pre-1928 Anton Frisch enamel silver plate for €750 and converted it into a weather station, reporting total costs of about €1,200 and a planned offer price of €1,900.
  • Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz turned a music-playing antique doll carriage bought for €350 into a custom fairground-style stand, detailing roughly €100 in materials and charging his client €500 for the finished piece.
  • Dealer Julian Schmitz-Avila marked ten years on the show since 2015 and said he has signed on for the next three years, crediting the format with expanding his clientele and career scope.