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Bares für Rares Week Brings €30,500 Otto Müller Sale, Uecker Notice, and Dealer-Room Drama

Expert authentication together with a pre-recording disclosure drove sharp gaps between estimates and final outcomes.

Overview

  • An attic-find Otto Müller chalk lithograph from around 1920, described by expert Detlev Kümmel as a rare hand-colored piece, was valued at €30,000–35,000 and purchased by dealer Fabian Kahl for €30,500.
  • ZDF placed an on-screen message noting that the episode with a Günther Uecker work was recorded before his death on June 10, 2025.
  • A Uecker lithograph brought by Joel Gierhold was estimated at €950–1,100 and sold to dealer Elke Velten-Tönnies for €1,100.
  • Two Meissen statuettes sparked a dispute when sellers sought €5,000–6,000 per figure as expert Colmar Schulte-Goltz valued both together at €2,800–3,100, prompting the pair to abort the sale.
  • A Loetz Witwe Jugendstil vase drew brisk bidding that concluded at €1,600 for Wolfgang Pauritsch after a higher offer from Fabian Kahl came too late.