“Cash for rares”
More than twice the estimated value – dealers engage in crazy bidding for old magazines
Julian Schmitz-Avila is beaming: He bought an old Japanese magazine from “Bares für Rares” – but at a ridiculous price.
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A booklet with woodcuts meets with unusual interest at “Bares für Rares”. The dealers bid for their money – and quickly leave the estimated value behind.
Hannelore Ellerbrock took an old notebook with her to “Cash for Rares”. The graphic designer from Röfingen in Bavaria doesn’t have the slightest idea what it is about. “Maybe someone can tell me what the content is,” hopes the 69-year-old.
Detlev Kümmel is exactly the right person for this. He knows: the magazine comes from Asia, so the expert is completely in his element. It is a hand-bound book, as Kümmel explains. The interior shows woodcuts from Katsushika Hokusai. He was born in 1760 and was one of Japan’s most famous artists in this field. His painting “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” which hangs in countless homes, is still famous today. His sketches were published in a total of 15 volumes between 1814 and 1815 and are considered the forerunners of manga and today’s comics. This volume was reprinted around 1900 and the material is rice paper.
“Cash for Rares”: Expert sees open limit at the top
The seller would like 400 euros for the volume. Kümmel confirms this: He sees the estimated value at 400 to 450 euros. However, he believes that even more money may be possible. According to the expert, “the limit is always open at the top.”
This is confirmed in the dealer room. This could end up costing 50 euros, says Daniel Meyer when examining the magazine, but he has also auctioned off such books for 6,000 euros. Wolfgang Pauritsch is determined to auction the object and starts with 200 euros. Meyer counters, and the price quickly rises above the estimated value.
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When Pauritsch calls for 1,000 euros, the auction seems to have reached its goal. But then Julian Schmitz-Avila comes around the corner and offers 1050 euros. In doing so, he ripped what he thought was safe out of his colleague’s hands in the last few meters. Hannelore Ellerbrock is the beneficiary of this crazy bidding. Afterwards she is happy about the “gigantic” price.
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