"Under 5 euros": "Bares for Rares" seller receives 50 times the amount for second-hand bargains

Created: 03/15/2022, 19:46

By: Alica Plate

A brooch bought in a second-hand shop turned out to be a lucky find on the TV show "Bare for Rares".

One candidate bought the copy for just five euros.

Dealers ended up bidding nearly 50x.

Cologne – A number of people browse flea markets and hope for the really big find.

But rarely are things sold below their value.

One candidate seemed to have been very lucky.

For just five euros, she bought a special brooch, which then brought in a proud sum in the dealership at "Bares for Rares" (here all the news on the topic page), as reported by tz.de.

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Turn an old attic pound into money - that's exactly what many people want and the concept of the ZDF show "Bares for Rares".

However, it happens again and again that the old sweetheart on Horst Lichter's show turns out to be a loser.

Only rarely do the candidates discover a real rarity at the flea market or when browsing at home, which then earns them a lot of money.

But sometimes you can be lucky...

"Bares for Rares" candidate acquired rare brooch in the second-hand shop

One lady seemed to have been blessed with just that luck on the show.

In a second-hand shop, she acquired an eye-catching brooch that, at first glance, looks extremely tacky rather than expensive.

But in the dealership at "Bares for Rares" the big surprise came: The treasure you brought with you turned out to be a real rarity.

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“This unusual brooch is by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle and is limited to 500 pieces.

In Germany, she became known as an artist above all for her "Nana" figures, which were set up in 1974 in Hanover on the Leibnizufer, today part of the sculpture mile," comments ZDF on the Instagram video on which the brooch can be seen.

"Under 5 euros": "Bares for Rares" seller receives 2400 euros for a cheap flea market pound

"Was expensive?" Horst Lichter asks his "Bares for Rares" candidate when he takes a close look at her eye-catching brooch.

But the lady doesn't seem to have shelled out much for her second-hand purchase: "Nope, 5 euros," she then reveals

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A lucky buy that arouses great interest in the dealership.

The negotiation starts with 1000 euros, it quickly becomes clear that the price will go up extremely.

In the end, Julian Schmitz-Avila got it for 2400 euros - almost 50 times as much as she originally spent.

The second-hand shop will certainly bite its ass when watching the episode for having sold the brooch undervalue.

"Bares for Rares" dealers were left with a big bad buy

But not every purchase by the dealer turns out to be a stroke of luck.

Jan Čížek (46) had to experience that firsthand - the "Bares for Rares" dealer only recently spoke about his biggest bad buy.

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