"Bares for Rares" dealers fight each other bitterly for 5 carats of diamonds and sapphires
Created: 08/14/2022, 11:30 am
By: Stella Rüggeberg
Diamond-studded platinum brooch achieves record price at "Bares for Rares" - dealer Julian Schmitz-Avila leafs through thousands of euros © ZDF
Jutta Berg wants to get rid of a brooch at "Bares for Rares".
Set with 5 carats of diamonds and sapphires, the piece of jewelery in the dealer's room is a source of enthusiasm.
The candidates also receive a large sum of money for this.
Pulheim - Again and again curious rarities end up on the dealers' table, but old jewelery is also gladly accepted at "Bares for Rares".
So also a diamond brooch, which not only looks good, but is also very valuable.
The dealers are offering up to the middle four-digit range for the small piece of jewellery.
5 carats of diamonds and sapphires at "Bares for Rares"
The brooch is made of platinum and set with numerous diamonds and sapphires.
A total of 5 carats of sparkling diamonds collect on the piece of jewellery.
In addition, not only four large sapphires were worked into the piece, but also a small sapphire Carres that completes the brooch.
Expert Wendela Horz is completely enthusiastic.
Julian Schmitz-Avila offers 5050 euros for the diamond-studded platinum brooch © ZDF
The expertise is worth up to 7,000 euros.
In the dealer's room, it is then up to the saleswoman Jutta Berg at what price she sells the brooch to the dealers.
Julian Schmitz-Avila buys the brooch from the candidate after a bidding duel with Elke Velden for a proud 5050 euros.
Most expensive deal in "Bares for Rares"
However, this is by no means the most expensive deal with "Bares for Rares".
A few years ago, a mother-daughter duo made big eyes with a 40-carat diamond-studded cross.
The piece of jewelery contained a splinter of wood from the cross of Jesus Christ, making it a real “world sensation”.
Susanne Steiger acquired the piece for 42,000 euros, making the cross the most expensive "Bares for Rares" object of all time.
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Sometimes a rarity causes so much excitement that the "Bares for Rares" dealers put up a fierce bidding war.
This is also the case with Wolfgang Pauritsch and Walter Lehnerzt.
The deal even ends their friendship.
Sources used:
ZDF/Bares for Rares & Instagram/baresfuerrares