Overview

• Ferdinand Resul Adanir joined the dealer lineup on July 4 and made a splash by snapping up a 1964 Christian Dior bow brooch for €200.
• A themed “Ekel-Fund” segment featured five macabre relics—from a Joseph Beuys cake slice to a bone saw—that experts valued up to €1,200.
• High-value transactions included a 1930s, 8-carat diamond brooch selling for €3,200, a signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude print fetching €1,020, and an unsigned Fritz Brandt watercolor commanding €2,100.
• Experts uncovered forgeries such as a 333-gold ring set with a zircon valued at €100, yet dealers still paid €1,050 for an Italian triptych pastiche.
• Unexpected twists ranged from a dealer damaging a phonograph cylinder and offering €20 in compensation to a seller walking out after demanding €10,500 for a 1913 shellac record appraised at €700–800.