“Cash for rares”
Roadside discovery turns out to be a “piece of great cultural history”
The saleswoman found the Pierrot in a “to give away” box. Now she wants to sell it to “Bares für Rares”.
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A Pierrot is for sale at “Cash for Rares”. Expert Colmar Schulte-Goltz is delighted. The old owners wanted to throw it away.
While cycling through Cologne, Ute Röhrig found a porcelain Pierrot in a box and saved it from oblivion. Now the 61-year-old teacher wants him to “Sell ”Cash for Rares”.
For Colmar Schulte-Goltz, the sad clown is “a piece of great cultural history.” The expert particularly praises the size of the object. The Pierrot itself has been known since 1816, says Schulte-Goltz. The character was developed and popularized by the mime artist Jean-Gaspard Deburau during this time. The special thing about Pierrot was that he communicated non-verbally. The present copy expresses a kind of suffering from the world, melancholy is written on his face.
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The figure for sale here was made between 1919 and 1931 by the Karl Ens porcelain factory, and the expert names the Dresden-born sculptor Anton Büschelberger as the artist. The experts still have a little surprise in store: Röhrig puts her desired price at 300 euros. But Colmar Schulte-Goltz goes far beyond this: he estimates the value at 450 to 550 euros.
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“Come in with the bird,” calls Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz as the saleswoman enters the dealer’s room with Pierrot. Wolfgang Pauritsch opens the bidding round with 150 euros. The highest bid comes from Markus Wildhagen, who offers 350 euros for the sad figure.
That’s below the estimated value – but it’s higher than the asking price and a great sum for a sad Pierrot picked up on the side of the road. The proceeds go to a happy cause: Ute Röhrig now wants to use the money to fly to Greece.
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