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| Hitler paintings sold for £95,000 | |
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| Examples of what are thought to be Adolf Hitler's early paintings have been sold for more than £95,000. | Examples of what are thought to be Adolf Hitler's early paintings have been sold for more than £95,000. |
| The 13 works, which were sold at Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire, were left forgotten in a collector's garage, specialist auctioneer Mullock's said. | The 13 works, which were sold at Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire, were left forgotten in a collector's garage, specialist auctioneer Mullock's said. |
| One picture of a man sitting on a stone bridge, which appears to depict the Nazi leader's distinctive side-parting, was sold for £10,000. | |
| The pieces were apparently found by a British soldier in Germany in 1945. | |
| He is understood to have been serving with the then Royal Manchester Regiment, which was stationed in Essen in the Ruhr at the time. | |
| 'Hardly Picasso' | 'Hardly Picasso' |
| Several of the paintings, which are mainly landscapes, are signed "A. Hitler" in the corner. | Several of the paintings, which are mainly landscapes, are signed "A. Hitler" in the corner. |
| Richard Westwood-Brookes, from Mullock's, said the total sale price of £95,589, which included the buyer's premium, was far greater than he expected. | |
| The paintings were apparently taken from Germany at the end of WWII | |
| "I'm very pleased," he said. "I thought they would go for between £5,000 to £6,0000. | |
| "As works of art, they are hardly Picasso. | |
| "You can take a view of Adolf Hitler and his prowess as an artist but I don't think anybody would agree he was in the first rank, by any means. | "You can take a view of Adolf Hitler and his prowess as an artist but I don't think anybody would agree he was in the first rank, by any means. |
| "But it's an opportunity of obtaining a piece of original art that was done by Hitler." | "But it's an opportunity of obtaining a piece of original art that was done by Hitler." |
| Mr Westwood-Brookes added: "If the character had run through, you would expect him to be painting bold, aggressive images, military subjects, subjects about battles and people being killed. | |
| "But there's nothing in the art that he produced in those days to suggest that." | "But there's nothing in the art that he produced in those days to suggest that." |