“Bares for Rares”
The caviar bowl sat on the toilet for 20 years – now it triggers a crazy bidding war
Dealer Wolfgang Pauritsch examines a caviar container in the form of a crab at “Bares for Rares”.
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The crab stood around on the toilet for around 20 years. Until the owners discovered its true purpose. At “Bares for Rares” the caviar bowl met with great interest.
This crab hasn’t had a nice life up to now: For more than 20 years, the little animal has been on the toilet with Claudia and Rainer Troost. Until the couple from Althegnenberg realized that the supposed decorative item was actually a caviar bowl. Now they want to sell the tin container at “Bares for Rares”.
Horst Lichter is immediately impressed by the shell animal: “It looks damn good, I like it,” calls the moderator when entering the studio. “That’s pretty wrong on the toilet,” judges Lichter razor-sharp “, Rainer Troost brings out as a defense.
“Bares for Rares”: The expert is enthusiastic
Bianca Berding is also enthusiastic: the expert raves about the beautiful processing of the crab, which comes from Italy and is still made today. She estimates the date of origin of this copy to be in the 70s or 80s.
But what is the animal worth? The seller couple would be satisfied with 300 euros, Berding, on the other hand, thinks 600 to 800 euros is possible. However, she made her calculations without the dealers. It’s true that Wolfang Pauritsch doesn’t have the faintest idea what the crab is when he examines it, and he guesses it’s a container for nuts. But Fabian Kahl knows better: he immediately recognizes the caviar bowl.
At first, however, things start out leisurely: Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz starts with his obligatory 80 euros, and when it reaches 300 he asks the Troosts whether they agree with the price. Although they have reached their desired price, they believe that more is possible. And they are right: Because now it really starts: “Waldi” and Pauritsch drive up the price in the bidding duel by 1000 euros up to 1300 euros. And then Fabian Kahl joins in. For three it goes up to 1850 euros.
There hasn’t been such a crazy bidding war for a long time, and the dealers have to catch their breath. “Should we really leave that to the youngster,” Lehnertz asks his colleague Pauritsch. He agrees – so Fabian Kahl is awarded the contract.
But “Waldi” has the last word: “This is the best-paid tin that has been sold here in the last ten years.”
source: “Bares for Rares” in the ZDF media library
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