Overview
- Walter Lehnertz posted a public Instagram warning on Wednesday about people posing as Bares für Rares dealers on classified sites and said he intends to pursue legal action against the impostors.
- Producers and experts have reiterated that participation in the show requires official ZDF application and that dealers or experts will not visit sellers unannounced, advice issued because scammers use the programme's brand to build trust.
- In the ZDF XXL episode recorded at Schloss Ehreshoven an expert found dried blood on the reverse of a family kamee, a discovery attributed on-air to a likely pin injury rather than a crime and later verified in the dealer room.
- The kamee sold to dealer David Suppes for €1,700, who added €100 for charity, and other items in the same episode fetched strong bids including a Meissen porcelain group for €2,800 while a late-19th-century rose-gold armreif sold for €750 despite a higher expert estimate.
- ZDF briefly interrupted the broadcast for live coverage of a solar eclipse over Mallorca, and broadcasters and dealers warn that the high visibility of XXL specials can make the show a target for impersonators, with legal steps reported but no public filings disclosed yet.