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Bares für Rares Wraps Dec. 27 Sales: Gold Set at €4,650, Brooch at €3,300, BVB Jersey at €500

Dealer offers trailed estimates, underscoring the show's appraisal-to-market gap.

Overview

  • A 1930s gold bracelet and ring inherited by Thomas Wundenberg sold to dealer Fabian Kahl for €4,650 after an expert estimate of €4,200 to €4,500.
  • An aquamarine brooch identified by Dr. Heide Rezepa-Zabel as featuring an untreated stone was valued at €4,400 to €4,800 and sold to Elisabeth Nüdling for €3,300.
  • A signed Borussia Dortmund jersey from the 1995/96 season, described as an original Nike player issue for Matthias Sammer, was bought by Julian Schmitz-Avila for €500.
  • Expert Detlev Kümmel misstated that Dortmund’s first Bundesliga title came in 1995/96, although the club won its first Bundesliga-era championship in 1994/95, a slip that went unnoticed on air.
  • Host Horst Lichter reacted with visible surprise to the brooch’s high valuation, reinforcing the episode’s theme of expectations set by experts versus final dealer bids.