Dates & information

Public auctions at Grüne’s Leihhäuser

Here you can find out which pawn tickets are scheduled for a public auction and when it takes place. We also explain how an auction works and the conditions that apply.

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Conditions for a public auction

If you do not redeem or extend your pawn loan within the agreed term, your valuable item may be sold at a public auction.

After the three-month term has ended, you will be informed when your pledge is scheduled for auction. As a rule, you then have another month to redeem your valuable item or extend the pawn loan.

Dates, venues and times

Please understand that auctions may be cancelled or postponed at short notice. Please also note that some auction venues may have changed. You can find the current addresses under the relevant auction house.

You are welcome to attend our regular auctions. Anyone aged 18 or over can take part. You can view the items before the auction begins.

Date City Pledges from branch Auction house Notice
Tue, 17/11/2026 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen Notice
Wed, 18/11/2026 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln Notice
Fri, 20/11/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt Notice
Tue, 24/11/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt Notice
Wed, 25/11/2026 Hamburg Hamburg Reeperbahn Hamburg Notice
Thu, 26/11/2026 Hamburg Hamburg Zentrum Hamburg Notice
Fri, 27/11/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt Notice
Wed, 02/12/2026 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 03/12/2026 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Tue, 08/12/2026 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Zentrum Düsseldorf
Tue, 08/12/2026 Essen Essen Zentrum Essen
Tue, 08/12/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt
Tue, 08/12/2026 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Wed, 09/12/2026 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 10/12/2026 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Fri, 11/12/2026 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Fri, 11/12/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 15/12/2026 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Tue, 15/12/2026 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Tue, 15/12/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt
Thu, 17/12/2026 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Fri, 18/12/2026 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Fri, 18/12/2026 Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Zentrum Gelsenkirchen
Tue, 22/12/2026 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 08/01/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 12/01/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Wed, 13/01/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 14/01/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Fri, 15/01/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 19/01/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Zentrum Düsseldorf
Tue, 19/01/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Wed, 20/01/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 21/01/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Thu, 21/01/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Thu, 21/01/2027 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 22/01/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Fri, 22/01/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Hamburg
Wed, 27/01/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 28/01/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Thu, 28/01/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Fri, 29/01/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 02/02/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Tue, 02/02/2027 Essen Essen Zentrum Essen
Wed, 03/02/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Reeperbahn Hamburg
Thu, 04/02/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Bramfeld Hamburg
Fri, 05/02/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Zentrum Hamburg
Wed, 10/02/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 11/02/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Fri, 12/02/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Fri, 12/02/2027 Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Zentrum Gelsenkirchen
Tue, 16/02/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Tue, 16/02/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Thu, 18/02/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Thu, 18/02/2027 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 19/02/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Thu, 25/02/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Thu, 25/02/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Tue, 02/03/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Tue, 02/03/2027 Essen Essen Zentrum Essen
Fri, 05/03/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 09/03/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Zentrum Düsseldorf
Wed, 10/03/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 11/03/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Thu, 11/03/2027 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 12/03/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Fri, 12/03/2027 Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Zentrum Gelsenkirchen
Tue, 16/03/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Tue, 16/03/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Wed, 17/03/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 18/03/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Thu, 18/03/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Thu, 18/03/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Fri, 19/03/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Hamburg
Wed, 24/03/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Tue, 06/04/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Thu, 08/04/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Thu, 08/04/2027 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 09/04/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 13/04/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Wed, 14/04/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Reeperbahn Hamburg
Thu, 15/04/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Thu, 15/04/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Fri, 16/04/2027 Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Zentrum Gelsenkirchen
Tue, 20/04/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Zentrum Düsseldorf
Tue, 20/04/2027 Essen Essen Zentrum Essen
Thu, 22/04/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Fri, 23/04/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 27/04/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Wed, 28/04/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 29/04/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Wed, 12/05/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Wed, 12/05/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 13/05/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Thu, 13/05/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Fri, 14/05/2027 Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Zentrum Gelsenkirchen
Tue, 18/05/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Wed, 19/05/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 20/05/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Thu, 20/05/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Thu, 20/05/2027 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 21/05/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Bramfeld Hamburg
Tue, 25/05/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Tue, 25/05/2027 Essen Essen Zentrum Essen
Wed, 26/05/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 03/06/2027 Dortmund Dortmund Zentrum Dortmund
Fri, 04/06/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Tue, 08/06/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Wed, 09/06/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Thu, 10/06/2027 München München Hauptbahnhof München
Fri, 11/06/2027 Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Zentrum Gelsenkirchen
Tue, 15/06/2027 Essen Essen Altendorf Essen
Thu, 17/06/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Zentrum Duisburg Zentrum
Tue, 22/06/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Zentrum Düsseldorf
Tue, 22/06/2027 Essen Essen Zentrum Essen
Thu, 24/06/2027 Duisburg Duisburg Hamborn Duisburg Hamborn
Thu, 24/06/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Hamburg
Fri, 25/06/2027 Frankfurt Frankfurt Zentrum Frankfurt
Fri, 25/06/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Tue, 29/06/2027 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf
Wed, 07/07/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 21/07/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 28/07/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 29/07/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Fri, 30/07/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Reeperbahn Hamburg
Thu, 12/08/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Zentrum Hamburg
Fri, 13/08/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Bramfeld Hamburg
Wed, 25/08/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 08/09/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 22/09/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 23/09/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Fri, 24/09/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Hamburg
Wed, 29/09/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 06/10/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 27/10/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Wed, 03/11/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 17/11/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln
Wed, 24/11/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Reeperbahn Hamburg
Thu, 25/11/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Bramfeld Hamburg
Fri, 26/11/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Zentrum Hamburg
Wed, 08/12/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Barmbek Hamburg
Thu, 09/12/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Altona Hamburg
Fri, 10/12/2027 Hamburg Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Hamburg
Wed, 15/12/2027 Köln Köln Zentrum Köln

The official auction notices with pledge numbers, auction venue and times are available under Auction notices.

How a public auction works

  1. If a valuable item is neither redeemed nor the pawn loan extended within the set period, it may be offered at a public auction.

  2. The auction takes place on an announced date. Anyone interested can bid on the valuable items offered. The item is usually sold to the highest bidder.

  3. If the auction proceeds exceed the outstanding claims and costs incurred, this creates what is known as a surplus. It belongs to the former owner.

What happens to the auction proceeds

  • After the public auction, the proceeds are offset against the outstanding loan amount and the interest and fees incurred.

  • If the proceeds exceed the total amount outstanding, this creates what is known as a surplus. It belongs to you and can be paid out to you.

  • If the proceeds are lower, you do not have to pay the difference. Your valuable item serves as security for the pawn loan. The shortfall creates no further personal obligation to pay.

Redeem your pledge or extend your pawn loan

Would you like to keep your valuable item? As long as redemption or extension is still possible, you can contact your Grüne’s Leihhaus.

To redeem, you repay the outstanding loan amount plus the interest and fees incurred. You then get your valuable item back.

Alternatively, you can extend your pawn loan under the applicable conditions. Our staff will be happy to explain your options and the next steps.

Auction houses and venues

Public auctions are carried out by external auction houses. Here you will find an overview of the auction houses where auctions take place, along with further information about each location.

Discover our partners’ auctions

Frequently asked questions about pawn loans

  • Where can I check whether my pawn ticket is affected by an auction?

    Our overview lists the pawn ticket numbers scheduled for a public auction, together with the relevant dates.

  • How do I receive my surplus?

    If the auction produces a surplus, it belongs to you. You can have the amount paid out at your Grüne’s Leihhaus.

    You have three years to do so. About one month before the period expires at the end of the year, we will remind you in writing. You can then still collect your surplus until 31 December of that year.

    After that, we pay any uncollected amounts to the responsible tax office.

  • Can I take part in a public auction myself?

    Public auctions are generally open to anyone interested. You will find the dates, venues and conditions of participation in the auction information.

Questions about your pawn loan?

Would you like to extend your pawn loan, redeem your valuable item or do you have questions about an upcoming auction? The staff at your Grüne’s Leihhaus will be happy to help you in person.

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