“Cash for rares”
“Sadness prevails at the moment”: the owner of the clown museum is reluctant to part with his Pierrot
Hans-Dieter Hormann (l.) came to “Bares für Rares” with his son Olaf to sell a Pierrot. But the separation is obviously difficult for him.
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The owner of a clown museum wants to auction off a porcelain Pierrot at “Cash for Rares”. But the separation is clearly difficult for the man.
“Today you have a clown day,” says Horst Lichter as he enters the expert room of “Bares for Rares” enters and sees expert Bianca Berding examining a Pierrot. This is an elegant clown, explains the expert, “who likes to be melancholic, unlucky in love and sometimes a little sad”.
The figure belongs to Hans-Dieter Hormann, who is accompanied by his son Olaf. He has a very special passion for Pierrot: He owns what he says is the only clown museum in Europe in Leipzig. “The only museum that actually deals with the history of jokers and clowns,” as father Hormann proudly says. There are around 8,500 clown figures inside. “My God in heaven,” the moderator exclaims.
“Cash for Rares”: A coffee seals the agreement
Hormann was given the Pierrot present here as a gift from the famous New York clown Jess Hess, with the express request that it be auctioned off for the benefit of his museum. The Pierrot was designed around 1917 by the German sculptor Anton Büschelberger, as Bianca Berding explains. It was manufactured between 1919 and 1945 in the Thuringian porcelain factory FK Ens.
Hormann would like 400 euros for the piece. The expert sees it very similarly: she estimates the value to be between 350 and 450 euros. Only the dealers don’t want to play along at first: Daniel Meyer starts with 100 euros, and the bids only increase slowly. When the seller states his desired price and the intended use of the money, Leo Leo is ready to put the requested sum on the table: “450 and I’ll stop by the clown museum,” the dealer suggests. “And you make a coffee”. Both sides agree on this and the deal is sealed.
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“It’s incredibly difficult to buy something from a collector,” says Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz after the sellers have left the room. “You also really noticed how close it was to him,” adds Julian Schmitz-Avila.
Hans-Dieter Hormann also confirmed this afterwards: He was very pleased with the appreciation that his character had received. “But at the moment I’m mostly saddened. I’m a little sad that I gave her up.”
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