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Disaster at "Bares für Rares": sinfully expensive painting turns out to be a fake

2023-05-25T05:31:39.486Z

Highlights: Harald Rehling wanted to make big money with a Dalí painting at "Bares für Rares" But in the end, things turned out quite differently for him. He had bought the painting 28 years earlier in a gallery and paid a proud 12,000 DM for it. "I always assumed that it was valuable," explains Harald, visibly shocked, but as Heide Rezepa-Zabel explains, the illustration is not even listed in the list of Dalí's works.



Actually, Harald Rehling wanted to make big money with a Dalí painting at "Bares für Rares". But in the end, things turned out quite differently for him...

Pulheim – At "Bares für Rares", not every antique proves to be a great treasure. It is particularly disappointing when the customers of the ZDF junk show have to learn from the experts that their object is worthless or, in the worst case, even a fake. Today, Harald Rehling in particular can tell you a thing or two about this.

12,000 DM expensive – and fake: Customer wants to sell Dalí paintings at "Bares für Rares"

This moment will certainly be remembered by viewers for a long time. When Harald Rehling showed up at "Bares für Rares" a few years ago with a painting by Salvador Dalí, the Cologne window dresser thought he would leave the show with a well-filled wallet. After all, Dalí is one of the biggest names in art history and has already turned many collectors into rich people with his paintings.

Harald proudly presents the painting to presenter Horst Lichter (61) and art expert Dr. Heide Rezepa-Zabel (57) and explains how he came into possession of a possibly so valuable object. He had bought it 28 years earlier in a gallery and paid a proud 12,000 DM for it. A steep price that he will surely get back many times all these years later?

The Greatest "Cash for Rares" Treasures

Since the very first episode of "Bares für Rares" premiered on ZDF on August 3, 2013, the negotiating dealers have bought a few real treasures – at breathtaking prices. In 2019, Cosima Birk and her daughter Stephanie Huber received 42,000 euros for a piece of jewelry that contained splinters of wood from the cross of Jesus Christ. In 2021, Marlies Fischer was awarded 20,30 euros for a lithograph by the expressionist painter Otto Mueller, of which there are only 500 pieces worldwide. In the same year, Sabine Riemer was delighted to receive 29,000 euros for a gold-plated drinking vessel from the court of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. So you can tell that visiting flea markets and rummaging around in the attic pay off.

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"Unfortunately, I have to tell you for sure right at the beginning that this is a fake," the art historian destroys his dream without hesitation, "It is by no means a real Dalí." At these words, both men's jaws drop. "I always assumed that it was valuable," explains Harald, visibly shocked, but as Heide Rezepa-Zabel explains, the illustration is not even listed in the list of Dalí's works.

"Value of a poster": Dalí painting by "Bares für Rares" customer is completely worthless

The fact that the gallery owner who had advised him at the time cheated on him does not necessarily have to be the case – for Heide Rezepa-Zabel, the mess could also be due to ignorance. "It has the value of a poster," is her harsh conclusion about the value of the drawing. "It almost leaves me speechless," says a horrified Horst Lichter, but Harald Rehling emphasizes: "But I like it that way, too."

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He had absolutely not expectedthis: The Dalí painting that Harald Rehling wanted to sell at "Bares für Rares" turned out to be a fake. © Screenshot/ZDF/Bares für Rares (Photomontage)

"You're shocked, you've paid a lot of money for it and then afterwards you get the disillusionment and know that it's a fake," says the "Bares für Rares" customer after his unsuccessful sales attempt. Nevertheless, he wants to hang the painting with him – after all, it is always beautifully drawn. Most recently, a pretty pop singer sold at "Bares für Rares", but she was not recognized by anyone. Sources used:ZDF/Bares für Rares, berliner-kurier.de

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