"Bares for Rares" - This poster even appeals to soccer fanatic Horst Lichter - and fetches six times the desired price
Objects relating to soccer don't usually trigger storms of enthusiasm in Horst Lichter. The"Bares für Rares" presenter likes to describe himself as a "ball dyslexic". But this time it's different: the posters that can be seen in the expert room meet with Lichter's explicit approval. "No matter who did it, they did a damn good job," praises the presenter.
Walter Delfs brought the pictures with him. The 65-year-old aviation salesman from Neuwied lived in Lisbon during the 1974 World Cup and received the posters from the Goethe-Institut there. They were intended to promote the tournament taking place in Germany internationally. According to Sven Deutschmanek, the works were created by the painter Fritz Genkinger, who had received a state commission from the Federal Press Agency at the time.
"Bares für Rares": The expertise is well above the asking price
Delfs would have been happy with 50 euros for the three posters - after all, he received them as a gift and almost threw them away. But he didn't take the expert into account: Deutschmanek estimates the value at a total of 300 euros - 100 per poster.
The pictures are also well received in the dealers' room: "That's a very, very nice poster," says Julian Schmitz-Avila, looking at it, "very aesthetically pleasing". He starts the auction with 120 euros. As almost all the dealers were bidding, the price rose quickly and in the end Jan Čížek won the bid for 300 euros.
Walter Delfs thus gets exactly the estimated value - and six times his desired price. Afterwards, the seller is glad that he kept the posters for almost 40 years and didn't throw them away during his five moves: "It was worth it."
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Horst Lichter, despite being a "ball dyslexic," was greatly impressed by the "Bares für Rares" posters, which he received as gifts during the 1974 World Cup in Lisbon from the Goethe-Institut. The posters, created by painter Fritz Genkinger with a state commission from the Federal Press Agency, fetched six times the desired price during a sale at the Goethe Institute's event.
Walter Delfs, an aviation salesman from Neuwied, was initially satisfied with receiving just 50 euros for the three posters, but expert Sven Deutschmanek estimated their value at 300 euros each. Dealer Julian Schmitz-Avila, seeing the posters, started the auction at 120 euros and the price quickly soared, ending at 300 euros, making Walter Delfs' desired price a mere fraction of the actual sale price.
Despite only earning a few euros for the posters initially, Walter Delfs felt satisfied that he kept them for nearly 40 years and never let them go to waste, even during his five moves. After the successful sale, he acknowledged that it was a worthwhile decision to keep the posters and not throw them away.
Source: www.stern.de
