“Bares for Rares XXL”
Horst Lichter between Picasso and Uderzo
© ZDF/Sascha Baumann.
“Bares for Rares” fans were offered special highlights in an XXL edition on June 28 – real sketches by Uderzo and Picasso.
Moderator Horst Lichter (61) welcomed “Bares for Rares” fans on June 28 to a summery XXL evening edition from the Eberbach monastery on ZDF. As expected, there were some particularly interesting pieces to examine in the historical setting.
Learn German with Asterix and Obelix
Actor Oliver Wnuk (47) brought an extraordinarily large-format Obelix sketch by Albert Uderzo (1927-2020). His father, a press wholesaler, received this personally as a gift from the deceased “Asterix” cartoonist at an event in 1985. Since then, the picture has hung “in my parents’ hallway for almost 40 years”. His mother also has a special connection to the characters. She comes from Spain “and learned German with Asterix and Obelix,” said Wnuk.
“The condition is perfect,” said “Bares for Rares” expert Sven Deutschmanek (47). Such sketches can be found “very, very rarely”. If it wasn’t black and white but in color, “the whole thing would start somewhere around 25,000 euros”. In addition, Wnuk also brought a printed porcelain plate on which the menu for that evening was noted – including an “Asterix soup” and Obelix’s “favorite dish”, i.e. wild boar.
After lively negotiations, the drawing signed by Uderzo went to Julian Schmitz-Avila (36) for 5,600 euros. The trader thus put a significantly higher amount on the table than Wnuk had expected. “I didn’t think so,” he judged. The actor had asked for around 1,000 to 1,500 euros, Deutschmanek had estimated the sketch at a value of 3,500 to 4,000 euros.
17,000 euros for a Picasso
Equally surprised was the designer and photographer Angelika Saurenz (68), who had brought another eye-catching piece with her, for which she hoped around 2,000 euros. She was carrying a presentation folder with a signed original drawing by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), which she had bought in a gallery in Frankfurt in the 1980s.
Expert Detlev Kümmel (55) thought the sketch was “very, very well preserved”. His estimate: 18,000 to 20,000 euros. Saurenz was “relatively stunned”. The dealers didn’t quite offer this amount, but the portfolio finally changed hands for an incredible 17,000 euros from Susanne Steiger (40). “It was incredible,” said Saurenz.