''Bares für Rares'' (), also known as ''Cash or Trash'' in English, is a German television series on

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(ZDF) presented by

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, produced since 2013. It was first aired on August 3, 2013, on ZDF's sister channel

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and includes eight seasons with a total of more than 1000 episodes as of 2020. The show, which was awarded the

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in 2018 and the

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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.

Seasons

The show was first broadcast on

. Further episodes were shown weekly on the fixed broadcasting slot on Sundays at 1:15 p.m. on

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. From May 18, 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.

Literature

* Hannes Burkhardt, Charlotte Bühl-Gramer: ''Trödelshows im Fernsehen – Geschichte als Ware.'' In:

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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

References

External links

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