Patience is a virtue, they say.
A salesperson also had to learn that the hard way on the show “Bares for Rares”.
Everything looked so promising.
In the show from the beginning of October, the Schratz couple are guests at “Bares für Rares” with Horst Lichter * and offer dealers a picture with an “
Aesculapian banana
”.
The picture from 1999 comes from the
artist Thomas Baumgärtel
, as the expert Dr.
Friederike Werner confirmed.
This artist sprayed bananas at museum and gallery entrances for many years.
A variant of his favorite motif found expression in the so-called “Aesculapian banana”, referring to the
Aesculapian
staff, a staff wound around by a snake - the symbol of doctors and pharmacies.
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The picture was auctioned for 10 D-Marks, today the expert endorsed 1500 euros
The banana picture by the Schratz couple is a
signed one-of-a-kind
, which makes it very valuable, especially since, according to the expert, it
increases in value
by 50 euros annually.
An exciting development when you consider how much Wolfgang Schratz once paid for the picture: “That was ten D-Marks back then.” You would think it was a good investment.
The couple's faces speak volumes when they hear how much the picture is worth today:
the estimated price
is
1,500 euros
.
That is already fifteen times what the sellers had hoped for.
When the dealers gradually expressed their interest in the picture, the
bidding competition began
- but what began so promisingly was suddenly interrupted by a fatal statement by the seller Schratz.
At 1,050 euros he speaks out: If someone put another fifty on it, he would be ready to say goodbye to the banana.
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Bidding competition among dealers: Seller rushes into deal
Jeweler Elke Velten takes up the offer and bids
1,100 euros
- Schratz is an immediate hit.
But the question remains: Why did he give in so quickly?
Couldn't there have been
better offers from
the other dealers?
After all, the expert has estimated the picture to be worth 1,500 euros.
The other dealers are also astonished at the
hasty deal
: Julian Schmitz-Avila shouts “Wait!”, But the deal is already through.
Markus Wildhagen reacts: “That's a bit annoying.” Elke Velten is happy about her purchase and only comments: “You were too slow.” Even the seller's wife looks a bit puzzled and says she had waited a bit, but it wouldn't have been about money either.
With this increase in
profits
, the Schratzes can't really complain.
Acquired a picture for 10 marks - sold for 1,100 euros.
Not a bad deal.
Only on the part of the dealers does this episode “Bares for Rares” end with a shake of the head and a few long faces.
(mad)
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
Would you like to learn more about the artist Thomas Baumgärtel?
The banana is his statement, his weapon, his award for museums and special places of art - worldwide.
Thomas Baumgärtel is one of the first street artists in Germany.
The work "Banana sprayer: Thomas Baumgärtel 2008-2018: German Urban Pop Art"
(promotional link)
comprises 400 pages and is a documentation of the artist's work over the past decade.
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