“Cash for rares”
“Game, set, win”: Boris Becker is for sale – a dealer really wants him
A life-size standee of Boris Becker was up for auction at “Bares für Rares”.
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An advertising display by Boris Becker is causing excitement at “Cash for Rares”. One dealer in particular is interested – he already has the right club.
In his expertise, Detlev Kümmel takes viewers back to the mid-1980s, when this standee was made. “Boris Becker was our idol,” remembers Kümmel, “everyone suddenly wanted to play tennis.” In 1985, the year of his first Wimbledon victory, the athlete got an advertising deal with Puma. The sporting goods manufacturer wanted to advertise not only the clothes that Becker is wearing on the stand, but also the tennis racket that you can put in the figure’s hand – which is missing here.
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When it comes to the desired price, Synowczick is cautious. He would like 100 euros for Boris Becker. The expert goes over it: Kümmel estimates the value at 150 to 200 euros. At the end, Horst Lichter reveals to the seller that the dealer is there that day and has a racket played by Boris Becker himself.
When Jan Čížek unveils the life-sized display, a murmur goes through the dealer’s room. “The Bobbele,” shouts Julian Schmitz-Avila happily – and reveals himself to be the dealer mentioned by Lichter. In fact, he owns the racket with which Becker played his last Wimbledon game. “That’s my idol. Still.”
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The auction is initially slow. Čížek’s starting bid of 100 euros tops Schmitz-Avila with 120 euros. At 140 euros all other traders dropped out. However, Schmitz-Avila is generous: he agrees with the seller on the upper limit of the estimated value and pays 200 euros. “Game, set, win,” said Synowczick about the successful deal.
Afterwards he added: “The fact that Julian bought Boris Becker was like a match ball transformed for me.”
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