Verden Auction News

Smaragd, Best Seller at 2010 Verden Winter Auction

February 1, 2010

Icy temperatures and several centimetres of snow did not dampen the spirits during the bidding duals at the 2010 Hanoverian Winter Auction in Verden. Swedish customers acquired Smaragd (by Samarant x Don Davidoff) for the top knock down price of 50,000 euro.

The collection included 92 four- to six-year-old horses lots of them with excellent prospects for advanced level dressage or show jumping . Ernie (by Escudo x Graf Grannus) was the most expensive show jumping horse. A show jumping expert from Lower Saxony paid 41,000 euro for the four-year-old black horse.

Auctioneer Friedrich-Wilhelm Isernhagen sold the horses at an average auction sales price of 13,829 euro. Auction manager Dr. Guenther Friemel was very happy: "This was an excellent start into the new auction year, and it even exceeded our expectations. We achieved a sound result and appreciate the cleared market and the excellent price structure."

Eleven nations purchased 39 horses. Breeding manager Dr. Werner Schade summarized: "France and Scandinavia were again very strong and purchased 20 horses. I am especially happy about customers from Hungary. There is something going on in this country!"

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