An Art Nouveau lamp, for which she paid almost DM 2,000 at the time, did not bring the 75-year-old candidate at “Bares for Rares” any luck.
What the expert Bianca Berding noticed about it.
Especially collector's items are in demand in the ZDF junk show “Bares for Rares”. Unfortunately, when it comes to their value, there is sometimes a gap between desire and reality. A 75-year-old candidate also had to experience that on the TV show. She had kept her souvenir, an
old lamp
, for a long time. The lamp has been with her for 30 years. The time is ripe to part. With a heavy heart. It would be nice if someone else could enjoy it now.
Indeed: this lamp seems to be something special.
"It almost looks like something out
of a fairy tale,
" says Horst Lichter appreciatively.
“I crept around this lamp for two years,” reports the 75-year-old, she discovered it in a “beautiful shop” in the north, as the candidate describes, and finally bought it.
For almost DM 2,000 at the time. That was "a lot of money" back then, emphasizes Horst Lichter.
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“Bares for Rares”: Pretty art nouveau lamp - but the expert is critical
But what the likeable candidate could not have suspected is revealed when expert
Bianca Berding inspects
the lamp.
The signature of the
Art Nouveau
lamp comes from the French sculptor Charles Ruchot.
He
created
many
Art Nouveau
bronzes - like this "Femme Fleur", a woman combined with flowers in her hair and in her dress.
A conglomerate of Art Nouveau.
The combination with the lamp strands is very nice.
These three glasses are clearly inspired by the "Tiffany Studios shortly after 1900".
“Bares for Rares” expert: The lamp was counterfeited before it was bought
However, according to the expert: As can be seen on the lower edge, the single-colored glass was "only sprayed green".
“That is not a good sign,” she suspects, because it wants to show an artisanal standard that is not given.
A problem that affects all glasses.
The green spray is also on the thread.
The expert's conclusion is sobering: "Unfortunately, an
age is being simulated
here
that does not exist."
they were counterfeited in very large numbers.
Who would have guessed something like this when buying it back then.
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Also
Horst Lichter
does it "terribly sorry" as he protested against the candidate on the show.
Because the lamp is therefore not allowed to be sold.
“Don't be angry with me, don't be angry with Bianca,” he says comfortingly.
This is by no means the candidate who trusts the expert's judgment.
She is "really sad," she says.
And the audience can empathize with her.
After all, nobody could count on something like that with the signed lamp.
The “Bares für Rares” episode can be viewed in the ZDF media library.
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