When Horst Lichter enters the “Bares für Rares” studio, expert Detlev Kümmel is examining two mysterious funnels. Barbara Schulze brought them with her to the junk show. “Where did you get the bugles from?” the moderator asks the 70-year-old artist from Seehausen. But then he begins to have doubts: “Those are bugles, aren’t they?”
However, the owner doesn’t know the answer to the question, so Kümmel speaks up. His explanation is surprising: “We have two of the oldest telephones that we can imagine,” reveals the expert. Barbara Schulze can hardly believe this. “No,” she says again and again.
Horst Lichter wants to try out the parts straight away, but moans about the enormous weight of the two phones. “Tell me,” he shouts indignantly as he picks up the device, which weighs almost five kilograms. “A cell phone is lighter,” says Kümmel.
Strictly speaking, these are loudspeaking telephones, explains the expert. Lichter is curious and wants to try it out immediately. He keeps calling out “Hello?” into the funnel. But something important is missing for it to work: the phone has to be connected to a power line.
The device is very old and was made around 1880, probably in Berlin, says Kümmel. Schulze would like 500 euros for her property. The expert considers this to be a realistic price: he even estimates the value to be slightly higher at 500 to 600 euros.
In the dealer’s room, however, people are initially puzzled about what they are dealing with. Markus Wildhagen tips on a ship’s horn. When the saleswoman explains things to the group, their curiosity is piqued. Wolfgang Pauritsch starts with 100 euros. He received the highest bid of 450 euros. However, that is not enough for Barbara Schulze; she would like to have something more. And so you get 100 euros more – in the end the phones change hands for 550 euros.
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