“Cash for rares”
The seller would like 300 euros – but the expertise blows everyone away
Expert Colmar Schulte-Goltz surprises with his expertise on “Cash for Rares”
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The ceramic paneling is more than 100 years old and once hung in a butcher’s shop. The seller has a modest asking price – but expert Colmar Schulte-Goltz corrects the value significantly upwards.
“What happened here?” asks Horst Lichter his experts entering the dealer room. “That’s amazing!” He says to the seller: “I’m overwhelmed at first. We’ve never had anything like this before.”
What upsets the moderator is an old shop interior that Andreas Schenkel brought with him to “Bares für Rares”. As the 55-year-old boat instructor from Duisburg reports, the ceramic paneling comes from the butcher’s shop, which got a new counter in 1968. The shop belonged to his grandfather’s brother. Schenkel’s father saved the paneling from the trash, but it has been in the basement ever since.
“Cash for Rares”: Modest desired price
As Colmar Schulte-Goltz explains, the parts come from Villeroy & Boch and were manufactured in Dresden. The expert dates it to between 1890 and 1910. Schenkel, who is selling the ceramics on behalf of his father, says 300 euros is the desired price. But Schulte-Goltz names a completely different sum: He estimates the value of the ensemble at 4,000 to 6,000 euros. The seller can hardly believe it and bursts out laughing. “I suspect that my father will be in tears,” he says after the expertise.
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When Schenkel enters the dealer’s room, he is showered with praise. “I think it’s really great,” says Lisa Nüdling, and her colleagues agree. But what is something like that worth? Fabian Kahl starts with 350 euros, but the bids only increase in small steps. To save time, the seller reminds you of the estimated value. Then the dealers give it a try and the price reaches four figures. In the end, Christian Vechtel was awarded the contract for 1,700 euros.
The expertise was clearly missed, but Andreas Schenkel is more than satisfied: “It’s a multiple of what my father wanted.”
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