“Bares for Rares”
Bought for 30 euros: carpenter makes 1333 percent profit
Her trip to Pulheim to see “Bares for Rares” has paid off for carpenter Cornelia Rüther. She collects her design classics from me.
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At “Bares für Rares” there are two chairs for sale. The two objects cost only 30 euros – and turn out to be design classics.
One was in the dining room but was never used. The other served as a clothes rack in the bedroom: Cornelia Rüther from Mönchengladbach comes with two chairs to “Bares für Rares”. “I think they are beautiful, but they should be gone for reasons of space,” the carpenter says to Horst Lichter in the ZDF junk show. She bought the chairs once used for 30 euros each. But they are worth many times over.
“We have a design by Hans Jørgensen Wegner. A Dane who is also called the king of chairs,” says “Bares for Rares” expert Detlev Kümmel. The designer designed more than 500 chairs. One model was particularly successful: the CH24 or Wishbone Chair. And this is exactly what it is here. To this day, the chair, which is made of oak and a wickerwork paper basket, can be found in many kitchens and dining rooms. A real design classic.
“Bares for Rares” expert exceeds expectations
Carpenter Rüther knows that she got a bargain with the chairs. “I would be happy if I got 1,000 euros,” she says confidently. But expert Kümmel is even above that with his expertise. Since the chairs, which date from the 1970s, are in pristine condition, he mentions a price of between 1200 and 1600 euros. But the dealers see it very differently at first.
“They are very nice,” says Christian Vechtel about the two chairs. But his bid starts as cautious as his judgment: 120 euros, for both. Even Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz offers more. Vechtel increases to 170 euros. Then the saleswoman intervenes: “Do you know what a new chair costs? 850 euros,” she explains to the dealers. That works. Julian Schmitz-Avila and Vechtel finally fight a bidding duel. In the end, Schmitz-Avila wins the bid for 800 euros. “I never would have thought that the chairs were worth so much,” says Susanne Steiger.
Saleswoman Rüther is happy. She made a sensational 1333 percent profit with the two chairs. “The chairs will stay here and will be in good hands. I’ll go home with the money.”
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Source: “Bares für Rares” from October 18, 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.