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“Bares for Rares” expert explains common mistakes in valuation - an important note for sellers

2021-03-10T05:40:35.292Z


It happens again and again that laypeople misjudge the material value of their property. With “Bares for Rares”, the owner of a special pocket watch fared no differently.


It happens again and again that laypeople misjudge the material value of their property.

With “Bares for Rares”, the owner of a special pocket watch fared no differently.

Age

paraphernalia

or loved

rarity

: In the ZDF junk Show "cash for Rares" * can candidate special

finds

Estimate from the garage or from the cellar.

The same

goes for

the owner of a neat

pocket watch

that the candidate brought to the show with his granddaughter and that he would now like to part with.

The question is at what price.

Old watch at "Bares for Rares": "real fun for pocket watch lovers"

The pocket watch, a so-called

savonette

,

weighs

145 grams,

says

jewelry officer

Heide Rezepa-Zabel

during the expertise.

That is quite a lot.

“The dial is in excellent condition.” The clock can even tell the time using a slider on the side, with a corresponding chime of the gong.

The watch was made in

Switzerland

and dates from

around 1880 or 1890

.

“A lot of fun for

pocket watch lovers

”, so their conclusion.

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Moderator Horst Lichter

wants to

know

what they want for the watch

from the two candidates, who himself finds the watch extremely "attractive".

That is a bit defined by the

gold price,

explains the owner.

The

desired price

is 3,500 euros, the gold value is around 3,200 euros, he estimates.

Depending on the weight of the watch.

"How did you calculate the weight?", Heide Rezepa-Zabel wants to know more precisely and notices that too little was deducted for the case, the frame and the glass during the assessment.

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The candidates are not alone: ​​The calculation of the material value is one of the most common "mistakes" that sellers would make in the ZDF junk show, as

Stern.de

describes it.

Because estimating the material is not that easy.

Laypeople can

easily set

the

gold value

too low or too high, or make mistakes when weighing.

"You can only count half of it," explains the expert in the case of the watch.

The

gold purchase value

is “2,400 to 2,500 euros”, so their conclusion.

And the

estimated price

at a total of 2,800 to 3,000 euros.

The candidates agree.

In the dealer's room,

Wolfgang Pauritsch

finally even

offers

3,300 euros for the neat pocket watch and wins the bid.

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The 

"Bares for Rares" episode

 can be viewed in the ZDF media library.

A selection of the most exciting stories, the most interesting objects and sensational bids at “Bares für Rares” is also available for fans to read, for example in this book (promotional link). 

(ahu) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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Source: merkur

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