Media – Cologne – Willi Herren’s estate auctioned for around 8,000 euros – Media
Cologne / Krefeld (dpa) – The auction of Willi Herren’s estate brought in around 8,000 euros. About 400 bidders had registered for the online auction, which ended on Friday, said the managing director of Krefeld’s “Auktions Service West GmbH”, Michael Blum, when asked by dpa. The actor and Ballermann singer Herren died in Cologne last year at the age of 45.
One of the highest proceeds was achieved by a carnival king’s coat that pop singer Jürgen Drews had given to his colleague – it went for 146 euros. A “Willi Men’s Hand Puppet” fetched 156 euros. For a toiletry bag including a nose hair trimmer, the highest bid was only ten euros. A decorated artificial fir was worth 15 euros to one bidder.
However, nobody could warm to a number of things – for example a pair of “heavily worn” ankle boots with a loose sole, a damaged gingerbread heart or a pair of stained shorts. Around 660 items from men’s personal possessions were offered at the four-week auction.
The proceeds of the auction should flow into the mass insolvency of the indebted actor. According to the insolvency administrator, creditors have filed claims totaling around 400,000 euros in the process.
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