"I'm going to have a heart attack!" "Bares für Rares" dealer pays five times the asking price
In Tuesday's edition of "Bares für Rares", one surprise follows the next. And when Waldi Lehnertz finally strikes, even Elke Velten can only marvel: "I'm having a heart attack!"
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- "What have we got here?" Horst Lichter asked himself when inspecting a flea market find on "Bares für Rares".
- It was a clothes hanger with a safe function - "I've never seen that before" was the reaction of the dealers.
- In the end, the hanger safe went to Walter "Waldi" Lehnertz for 280 euros (around 260 francs).
Those who come to "Bares für Rares" (ZDF) with low expectations sometimes go home with a full wallet - as was the case this time. The hit of the show: a real curiosity. Reinhard and Rosi wanted 50 to 60 euros (around 55 francs) for their souvenir, "that's enough for two kebabs and two Kölsch", they joked. But Horst Lichter suspected there was more to it than that.
From the very first inspection, it was clear that something completely out of the ordinary was coming to the table. "What have we got here?" wondered Lichter, who has seen a lot in all his years on the show. A coat hanger? Almost.
In reality, it was a 50-year-old flea market find with a secret function: a safe to hang up! Just put your coat over it and nobody will suspect that valuables are hidden inside.
"I've never seen one before"
Expert Detlev Kümmel demonstrated how the safe could be opened with a number code and key, revealing storage space for valuables. And that's not all: a built-in alarm system once ensured that the safe could "make a lot of noise" when it was moved. However, a cable was disconnected.
"That's a cool number!" - Horst Lichter was thrilled: "That we can still get something like this in the eleventh year, which we've never had before!" The spectacular piece from the Californian brand Hide-A-Safe (Travel Safe Systems Inc.) was in surprisingly good condition. Reinhard and Rosi had once paid ten euros (around nine francs) and were now dreaming of 50, while Kümmel was guessing 80 to 100 euros (around 92 francs) - "just for the fun".
And fun was guaranteed: "I've never seen that before," murmured the traders. Jan Cizek joked: "Did you take that from a hotel?".
But laughing didn't help him: Cizek lost the bidding duel against Walter "Waldi" Lehnertz. The hanger safe ended up in Waldi's possession for a whopping 280 euros (around 260 francs). "I'm going to have a heart attack!" gasped Elke Velten, stunned with amazement.
