Overview

• A Picasso-inspired fish jug was appraised and sold for €6,000 amid competitive bidding.
• Traders pushed a Tsar’s enamel cigarette box to €2,850 after expert authentication verified its imperial provenance.
• Experts uncovered multiple forgeries, including 1980s reproductions of Schierholz porcelain krugs and a ceramic bust misrepresented as a French original.
• High-profile auctions saw diverse items—from a gold crown-style pendant to a rare BMW enamel sign—fetch up to €1,500.
• A daughter halted the sale of her mother’s 19th-century cylinder music box by demanding a €500 minimum bid, prompting the deal’s collapse.