Horst Lichter had never seen such miniature furniture on the experts' table Wednesday at "Bares for Rares". Although the expert Sven Deutschmanek can bring light in the dark …
He had with him a set of truly extraordinary miniature furniture. Ernst Wahl had inherited it from his father. If they were worth anything, it was completely unknown to him. Fortunately, the expert Sven Deutschmanek was able to help.
But what were the little furniture made of? The expert Sven asked: "Well Horst, do you have an idea?" – "I almost think it's so bright that it could be ivory," the presenter guessed …
… but corrected himself immediately: "But then, I look here on the set of this small miniature and I do not see any grain." The expert explained: "But it's a leg, we leave the" elves "elsewhere, things like this were discovered in the Stone Age – at that time in bones of horses or cattle."
This little set of furniture was made of bovine bone. Using various techniques, the seven miniatures were probably made between 1880 and 1890. "With very fine saw blades, these structures are made filigree, as seen here on the rest, which is very handcrafted" Sven said fascinated.
The minutia with which the pieces were worked was also evident in the harmonium. Here, for example, the notes have been carefully painted by hand. Horst began to rave: "It's amazing, madness!" Sven was also very excited: "Yes, it's a super, super, great craft!"
With so many manual filigree works, Horst was unstoppable: "My darling, I find that very impressive, because if you get close, you see this incredible work, so if I only see the seat in the bank, I was wrong, but there was one more question: what was bone know-how worth?
Minor injuries, such as a missing chair foot, have not escaped the eye of the expert. Nevertheless, Sven felt the objects higher than the seller Ernst, who called a price (too) modest. "Everything is a question of know-how and 100 euros, it's really too little – 250 to 300 euros minimum."
Horst Lichter was therefore allowed to hand over the merchant card to the happy seller. In addition, there was a special thank you message: "I want to thank you personally for such an extraordinary thing, because I am very happy to see things I have never seen before."
Ernst really did not expect to say, "I was absolutely not sure about myself, I could not imagine if it was really useful and how it was calculated, that's why I'm all the more happy to have the dealer card. " But what was waiting for her in the vendors' room?
One thing quickly became clear: such a craft is something that traders can not see every day. And in addition to the miniatures so delicate and finely worked. "Yes, very cute," commented the trader Julian Schmitz-Avila (l.).
However, admiration for the mini-furniture was not just Julian's, who quickly offered it with his colleague Jan Cizek for an offer of 150 euros. Finally, Markus Wildhagen (photo) wins the contract and pays 200 euros for the bone furniture, which is twice as much as the seller had hoped for at the beginning.
