Overview
- Expert Dr. Heide Rezepa-Zabel identified the diamond-and-seed-pearl brooch as originating from the Russian imperial milieu with a workshop mark of August Hollming, placing its international value at €7,000–€10,000.
- Dealers initially paused over the absence of a Fabergé master stamp until host Horst Lichter clarified that Hollming’s goldsmith mark is customary, prompting Elisabeth Nüdling to raise her bid to €5,000, which the seller accepted.
- A near‑century‑old Steiff ‘King Peng’ (1931–1936) retained its head‑turning mechanism and was valued at €300–€400 in current condition versus €2,000–€2,500 pristine, selling to Christian Vechtel for €250.
- A damaged Carl Paul Goerz exposure meter from about 1870–1875, estimated at €50–€80, drew competitive interest and went to Wolfgang Pauritsch for €140.
- Post‑show provenance updates included a cast‑iron cylinder‑engine school model that sold in the dealer room for €650 to Jos van Katwijk and was later resold to a collector in the United States.