10,000 and 15,000 euros: dealers have a lot of cash with them when they shoot “Bares for Rares”.

Created: 07/18/2022, 18:17

By: Jennifer Kuhn

"Bares for Rares": The moderator of the ZDF program is Horst Lichter © ZDF/Sascha Baumann/Frank W. Hempel

"Bares for Rares" is about a lot of money.

The sellers don't want to undersell their treasures and the dealers want to have a successful snapper behind them.

But the question that arises here: How much money is actually under the table at the dealer?

Cologne – What many see as junk from the basement or odds and ends from the attic can be a real gem for the dealers in the program “Bares for Rares” (all information about the ZDF program on the topic page).

It has often happened that Susanne Steiger, like 80-Euro-Waldi, has offered sellers things for double the money.

"10,000 and 15,000 euros": Dealers have a lot of cash with them when they shoot "Bares for Rares".

One thing is clear - nothing works on this show without money.

Each of the dealers must have a certain amount of cash with them in order to pay off the seller and then be able to call the piece of jewelry theirs.

But how much is under the desk?

A question that is justified - after all, it has often happened that several thousand euros have been paid out.

As Bunte reports, the

with them.

It's useful to have that much cash under your desk, especially for unexpected purchases.

After all, the dealers don't know which pieces of jewelry the sellers will present to them in each shipment.

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€10,000 to €15,000 is a large amount of money that traders take on the record.

But nobody has 14 million euros with them.

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