“Bares for Rares”
3200 percent more than hoped for: the seller wants 50 euros and achieves a mega sum
He has no idea what his heirloom is actually worth: Johannes Krapf is standing next to his paper theater in the Bares for Rares studio in Pulheim
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At “Bares für Rares” there is an unusual object for sale: The old paper theater is supposed to bring only 50 euros – and turns out to be a treasure.
“I don’t know if anyone would want it at all,” says Johannes Krapf from Nuremberg about the object that he brought to “Bares für Rares”. The teacher wants to sell an old paper theater. “My mother found it in my grandmother’s estate and had never seen it before,” he said to Horst Lichter on the ZDF junk show. The 44-year-old still has no idea that he has inherited a valuable rarity.
“Paper theater emerged in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century,” explains “Bares for Rares” expert Sven Deutschmanek. The bundle from the estate is said to be extraordinarily extensive and in very good condition. “All sets and actors have been preserved.” In the paper theater, pieces were played like in a puppet theater. The existing stage presumably came from a toy dealer in Stuttgart. “That is sensational,” enthuses Deutschmanek.
“Bares for Rares” expert puzzled
Owner Krapf wants 50 euros for the toy. “I have no idea,” he says. “That will definitely be more,” believes Horst Lichter. Expert Deutschmanek can hardly believe the low desired price. The theater alone is worth between 600 and 800 euros. He estimates the entire bundle at 1,400 to 1,800 euros. But do the dealers see it that way too?
Enthusiasm arose immediately in the dealer room. With his first bid, Christian Vechtel is ten times higher than the original price requested by seller Krapf: 500 euros. Julian Schmitz-Avila doubles to 1000 euros. Then the predicted bidding war begins. But Schmitz-Avila holds against it. “You don’t have to worry too much,” he teases his colleagues. “I am the highest bidder for 1,600 euros.” “The question is, will you stay?” Countered Roman Runkel. But there is no higher bid. Schmitz-Avila wins the contract.
Owner Kröpf can look forward to 3200 percent more than hoped for. “That was amazing. I didn’t know beforehand what kind of treasure I had there.”
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Source: “Bares für Rares” from December 15, 2021. 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 on the Media library to see.