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Bares für Rares’ Weekend Delivers Laughs, Letdowns and Notable Deals

Expert appraisals upended seller expectations across the latest ZDF antiques episodes.

Overview

  • Three wooden gym apparatus were valued at €1,150 and ultimately sold in a three-way dealer split for €900 after the sellers had hoped for €4,000–€5,000.
  • A student’s presumed 1843 Mendelssohn score was estimated at €400, a €300 offer fell through after dealer advice, and he left with the item.
  • A glass vase signed ‘Gallé’ was exposed as a 1980s forgery, the sellers were barred from the dealer room, and they took the piece home.
  • A case of Hutschenreuther porcelain sample teeth triggered tearful laughter from host Horst Lichter and sold for €150 to Ferdinand Resul Adanir.
  • A 1908 silver-and-gold cigarette case received a €2,000–€2,200 appraisal and sold to dealer Wolfgang Pauritsch for €1,740.