Overview
- Art expert Colmar Schulte-Goltz identified the work as a Pietra-dura mosaic by Giovanni Montelatici, not a painting, highlighting inlaid details including lapis lazuli.
- The expert estimated the market value at roughly €2,500 to €3,500 before dealer competition pushed the price higher.
- Dealer Fabian Kahl won a brisk bidding war in the showroom with a €5,000 offer, securing the piece well above the appraisal.
- Sellers Gerd and Andreas Klein from Emden presented the heirloom in its original Florentine-stamped box and said a great-uncle brought it home from a world exposition.
- The episode also showed the show’s range, with a gold mourning-jewelry lot drawing a lone €6,000 bid, an emotional camera sale closed at €400, and a suspected forged bronze halted at the expert table.