Overview
- ZDF replaced the 15:05 weekday slot on Jan. 14–16 with live coverage of the Biathlon World Cup relays in Ruhpolding and, on Jan. 16, an extended block featuring the European Figure Skating Championships, Alpine World Cup in Wengen, ski jumping in Zhangjiakou, and Skeleton World Cup in Altenberg.
- Regular scheduling resumes on Monday, Jan. 19, with "Bares für Rares" back at 15:05, as reruns and streams remained available on ZDFneo and in the ZDFmediathek during the interruption.
- In a first for the show, expert Detlev Kümmel cut off ivory closure pieces from a 17th‑century Chinese print case on air to allow a legal sale, after which the lot sold for €1,600 to dealer Julian Schmitz‑Avila.
- A 2.01‑carat diamond ring drew a bidding surge and sold to dealer Susanne Steiger for €15,000, matching the lower end of an expert valuation up to €18,000.
- A rare early German edition of Hieronymus Fabricius’s Opera Chirurgica (Nürnberg, 1673) changed hands for €2,400, with Susanne Steiger purchasing the volume.