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Picasso-Style Fish Jug Nets €6,000 on ‘Bares für Rares’; Tsar’s Cigarette Box Sells for €2,850

Dealers at ZDF’s Pulheimer Walzwerk depend on expert valuations to inform fierce offers, creating emotional highs and lows for sellers.

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Bares für Rares

Overview

  • A Picasso-inspired ceramic fish jug triggered a bidding war and achieved a €6,000 sale after experts highlighted its artistic connections.
  • A Tsar’s ornate cigarette box fetched €2,850, surpassing dealer estimates and underscoring the appeal of historical curiosities.
  • High-end pieces such as a Patek Philippe Calatrava chronometer commanded €8,000 despite payment hiccups, while a 1920s Art-Deco snake bracelet sold for €1,250 in a swift auction.
  • Not every seller triumphed: an expert exposed a Zirkon ring as a fake diamond, leading to aborted deals and disappointed participants.
  • Dealers’ individual tastes and specialist insights drove offers across a spectrum of items, from an 1875 trigonometrical calculator sold for €550 to Klosteraltarpyramiden fetching €900.