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Brooch Soars to €3,700 on Bares für Rares as Ring Draws No Deal

Dealer appetite diverged from estimates ahead of ZDF’s Dec. 10 Christmas special.

Overview

  • An antique navette brooch from around 1900 sold to Susanne Steiger for €3,700, well above the €2,000–2,100 expert estimate.
  • Daniel Meyer bought a 111-piece Heider & Sohn 800-silver flatware set for €2,910, after which a seller’s remark left him visibly irritated.
  • A hand-made platinum ring with about 2.5 carats of diamonds was valued at €2,000–2,500 but peaked at €1,600 before negotiations ended without a sale.
  • A Martin-Luther family Bible printed in 1735 went to Friedrich Häusser for €600, topping the €400–500 valuation.
  • ZDF previewed a Dec. 10 prime-time Christmas special featuring a 124-piece Tiffany & Co. sterling set estimated at €8,000–10,000, with the broadcast also available in the ZDF-Mediathek.