Overview

• Seller Norbert Koepke donated his €150 top-up to a children’s hospice after his motorized vintage bicycle fetched a dealer bid of €150.
• An Italian watercolor study from 1892 bought for €25 and travel expenses sold for €2,100 once expert Friederike Werner identified it as a Fritz Brandt original.
• Dealer Julian Schmitz-Avila withdrew his €60 bid for 170 vintage printing letters in a rare rules breach, leaving the seller without a sale.
• Expert Wendela Horz exposed a supposed diamond ring as a zircon-set piece worth only €100, underscoring the show’s emphasis on authenticity.
• A gold snake-head armreif unearthed from a Saarbrücken attic was authenticated as 875-fine gold and sold for €2,950 to dealer Elke Velten-Tönnies.