Bares für Rares (), also known as Cash or Trash in English, is a German television series on Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) presented by Horst Lichter, produced since 2013. It was first aired on 3 August 2013, on ZDF's sister channel ZDFneo and includes eight seasons with a total of more than 1000 episodes as of 2020.
The show, which was awarded the Goldene Kamera in 2018 and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 2019, is considered the most successful show in the ZDF afternoon program thanks to its good audience ratings. On weekdays, around 3 million people watch with a regular market share of around 25 percent, even for the repeats in the early evening program on ZDFneo, up to 1.5 million viewers can sometimes be found. In 2019, the show was viewed by 5.65 million people on average.
Concept In the show, selected applicants each present a curiosity, rarity or antique they have brought with them. Once they have received their expertise, they will have the opportunity on site to offer their exhibit to a changing five-person podium for sale and, ideally, to sell it to the highest bidder for Bares ("cash").
Since July 2017, the station has occasionally been showing special evening editions with unusual exhibits in an extended setting, in which prominent providers also present and sell objects, sometimes for charitable purposes. In this format, there are seven dealers in the sales area.
It can be considered a German spin-off of the British TV format Antiques Roadshow.
Seasons
The show was first broadcast on ZDFneo. Further episodes were shown weekly on the fixed broadcasting slot on Sundays at 1:15 p.m. on ZDF. From 18 May 2015, the show received the weekday slot for the discontinued cooking show Topfgeldjäger.Alexander Krei: Trödeln statt Kochen. ZDF baut um: Lichter verdrängt die „Topfgeldjäger". In: DWDL.de vom 8. April 2015.
Season Episodes Start of broadcast End of broadcast Notes 1 6 4 August 2013 8 September 2013 sundays 2 19 5 January 2014 22 June 2014 sundays 3 6 28 September 2014 9 November 2014 sundays 4 51 Januar 18, 2015 11 September 2015 initially on Sundays, from 18 May on weekdays at 3:05 p.m. 5 7 13 September 2015 25 October 2015 weekdays, 3:05 p.m. 6 107 28 December 2015 10 June 2016 weekdays, 3:05 p.m. 7 208 29 August 2016 31 July 2017Bares für Rares: Staffel 7, Folge 193–208. In: fernsehserien.de. weekdays, 3:05 p.m. 8 4 September 2017Staffel 8, Folge 1–21. In: fernsehserien.de. not yet known weekdays, 3:05 p.m.
Literature Hannes Burkhardt, Charlotte Bühl-Gramer: Trödelshows im Fernsehen – Geschichte als Ware. In: Public History Weekly 4 (2016) 24. doi:10.1515/phw-2016-6424. Horst Lichter, Bernd Imgrund: Bares für Rares: Die spannendsten Geschichten, die interessantesten Objekte, die sensationellsten Gebote. Riva Verlag, 2020, .
International versions Country Title Presenter(s) Channel Air date End date Bares für Rares Österreich Willi Gabalier ServusTV 2020 2020 Cash or Trash Irina Čulinović Nova TV 1 December 2025 present Affaire conclue Sophie Davant (2017–2023)Julia Vignali (2024–present) France 2 21 August 2017 present Cash or Trash Despina Miraraki Star Channel 21 May 2022 present Kincsvadászok Attila Till TV2 22 January 2024 present Cash or Trash - Chi offre di più? Paolo Conticini NOVE 4 October 2021 present أخر ثمن Samia Akariou 2M 18 February 2023 present Cash or Trash Martien Meiland SBS6 23 October 2019 14 April 2020 (Flanders) Play5 18 February 2020 31 March 2020 Łowcy Skarbów. Kto da więcej Paweł Orleański TV4 2022 present Negócio Fechado Tânia Ribas de Oliveira RTP1 5 October 2026 present Keš ili treš Tijana Živanović Nova S 22 September 2025 present The Bidding Room Nigel Havers BBC One 2020 2025
References
External links
Official website (in German) Bares für Rares on IMDb Bares für Rares on fernsehserien.de (in German)