“Bares for Rares”
The ring is worth a sensational 18,000 euros – but an expert advises against selling it
She is considered an authority: Heide Rezepa-Zabel is valued at “Bares für Rares” as an expert in jewellery, gold and silverware.
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A diamond ring causes a stir at “Bares for Rares”. The stone turns out to be particularly valuable – but the sale fails.
The saleswoman had not expected this: Beate Grahl-Harms from Ganderkesee comes to “Bares for Rares” with a family heirloom. “My mother wore it for a long time,” says the 63-year-old about the diamond ring on Horst Lichter’s ZDF junk show. She hopes that the piece of jewelry will get a second life and will be worn often by its new owner. What she doesn’t know is that the ring is worth a small fortune.
“It’s actually a diamond in the middle,” says “Bares for Rares” expert Heide Rezepa-Zabel, who already knows what a sensation there is on her expert panel. With the large stone in the middle, the color is particularly important. “Brown kills” explains the diamond expert, meaning that sparkling tones are what are most in demand and not brown tones. You assume a “Fancy Intense Orange”. “Not bad,” says Rezepa-Zabel about the one-carat player. This would make the stone not only beautiful but also a rarity.
“Bares for Rares” expert calls mega sum
Rezepa-Zabel can’t stop raving about it. The other design of the version is also extraordinary. The ring came from a jeweler in Delmenhorst and was in “superb” condition. But there is a problem. Is the stone really untreated? “That is crucial,” says the expert. She cannot rule out that the ring from the 1980s was altered in color as a result of exposure to radiation or heating.
Owner Grahl-Harms would like 3,500 euros for her ring. But the expert talks her out of this idea very quickly. Even if the stone had been treated, it was 4,000 to 5,000 euros. But Rezepa-Zabel has another surprise in store: “If it’s natural, it’s worth at least 15,000 to 18,000 euros. Grahl Harms is amazed. “I didn’t expect that.” But then Horst Lichter straddled.
The moderator doesn’t want to give her the merchant card. “There is a risk that retailers will only pay 4,000 to 5,000 euros,” he says. Rezepa-Zabel also advises against selling it on the show and instead having the stone tested in a laboratory. This can be eliminated by post-treatment – and thus triple the value. “If they have it in black and white, they can only win.”
Grahl Harms agrees. She wants to invest the 300 to 400 euros for a laboratory expertise and leaves with a promise: she can come back. “As soon as the expertise is there, I’ll give you the dealer card,” says Lichter. Grahl-Harms is happy: “That’s how we do it.”
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Source: “Bares for Rares” from June 16, 2022. There are new episodes of the junk show with Horst Lichter from Monday to Friday at 3:05 p.m. on ZDF and in advance in the media library to see.