"Bares for Rares" - 1300 euros above the estimated value: dealers engage in a thrilling bidding duel for a necklace
Your jewelry makes no sense in the drawer, finds Dorothea Schomber. To be precise, it is a set of jewelry that once belonged to her grandmother and was given to the 59-year-old physiotherapist from Grevenbroich for her wedding. Now she wants to sell it at "Bares für Rares".
As Patrick Lessmann explains, it is a necklace and a ring that belong together and have the same design: The material is gold and platinum, they are set with turmalines and diamonds. The expert dates the origin of the jewelry to the 1950s. The jewelry is in excellent condition and shows no flaws.
"Bares für Rares": The expertise falls unfavorably
Schomber wishes 3500 Euro for her jewelry. Lessmann, however, adjusts this value downwards. The material value is worth 2500 Euro at the very least, but he assesses the total value between 2500 and 3000 Euro.
Dorothea Schomber decides to try her luck in the dealer's room. The auction runs better than expected. The auctioneer also has her share in it. Steiger deliberately places the jewelry box with Susanne Steiger - she is immediately excited. Julian Schmitz-Avila is also heavily interested.
Steiger bids 3000 Euro right from the start, reaching the upper limit of the estimated value. But it gets even better: Schmitz-Avila also throws his hat in the ring, both bid against each other with their offers, and the hammer falls at 4300 Euro. Susanne Steiger buys the jewelry for this amount.
"When the dealers started bidding, it was clear to me from the first bid that it was going well," says the happy seller afterwards.
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The jewelry set, containing a gold and platinum necklace with turmalines and diamonds, as well as a matching ring, was estimated to have a value between 2500 and 3000 Euro due to its material value and 1950s origin. Dorothea Schomber's jewelry attracted the interest of both Susanne Steiger and Julian Schmitz-Avila during the auction at "Bares für Rares", leading to a bidding war that resulted in the jewelry being sold for an impressive 4300 Euro to Susanne Steiger. Patrick Lessmann, the expert, had initially assessed the jewelry from the 1950s as being worth at least 2500 Euro.
