Only 16 portions of the wall are known to be in public view worldwide outside Berlin
Sections of the wall that once split the heart of Berlin could fetch as much as 100,000 pounds this week in the U.K., three decades after East Germans first tasted freedom.
This wall has “a lot of resonances” with present day topics such as President Donald Trump’s proposed border division between the U.S. and Mexico, James Rylands, director of the auction house, said by phone. The timing of the sale close to Britain’s divorce from the European Union was “was not entirely uncoincidental,” he said.
The sections to be auctioned formed part of the Parliament of Trees monument in Berlin opposite the Reichstag, but were removed to make room for additional construction. While the sale could fetch up to 100,000 pounds, the portions have a more “modest,” combined guide price of 26,000 pounds Rylands said.Both parts bear messages by artist Ben Wagin. The first quotes Richard von Weizsacker, who served as the first president of a reunited Germany from 1990 through 1994.
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