“Something’s missing,” exclaims Horst Lichter when he sees the mini jukebox that Sven Deutschmanek is examining. “The most important thing is missing”. The expert asks to be allowed to finish speaking. But Lichter cut him off: “The jukebox is missing.”
When Deutschmanek suggests that the moderator swap places, he rows back: “I don’t know any more.” His reaction: “But that’s how it comes across.” He just wants to help, Lichter tries to defuse the situation. But the expert reacts slightly angrily: “Let me do my job.”
Then Richard Würges enters the room. The 75-year-old stands out with his chic cap, which is also his trademark: “I’ve been a disc jockey for 50 years, and I always have a cap on,” explains the Frechener. The jukebox came from an old Cologne dance hall that Würges smuggled himself into as a young man. But in the end he and his wife only used it as an address directory.
But what exactly is the device all about? As Sven Deutschmanek explains, it is a so-called long-distance dialer from the Seeburg company in Chicago. Individual titles could be played using an impulse code output. Deutschmanek dates the time of origin to the mid-1950s. Würges would like 200 to 250 euros for his object. The expert even adds a fifty, he estimates the value at 250 to 300 euros. “You’re a fine fellow.”
In the dealer’s room, Esther Ollick realizes that no music is coming from the device. She quickly recognizes what the real purpose is: “Cool decorative object.” When Richard Würges explains how the jukebox works, the curiosity of the dealers is aroused: Christian Vechtel and Ollick in particular really want to own them. In the end, Vechtel outperformed his colleague with his highest bid of 310 euros. She consoles herself with the insight. “I’m still rockier than you.”
Source: “Bares for Rares” in the ZDF media library
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