Adolf Hitler’s Art Fetches Thousands

In a true sign of the times, the art worldâ€™s current downturn has been bucked by a dead artist unlike any other before or after himâ€”namely, ADOLF HITLER.

In a move straight from the WTF?!? Files, the murderous dead German dictator has made a significant posthumous move in the art world by managing to earn nearly $12,000 USD last week when 15 of his original watercolorsâ€”including the self-portrait from 1910 seen hereâ€”were put up for auction at MULLOCKâ€™S.

The watercolor was one of 15 items of Hitler art being sold at auction. Together, the artworks by the Nazi leader fetched almost $120,000.

They had expected to raise just under $50,000, auction house Mullock’s of Shropshire estimated.

Many of the pictures were on the market because one of the sellers wanted money to install a new central heating system in his house, a spokesman for the auction house said.

Richard Westwood-Brookes, a historical documents expert at Mullock’s said,

“The watercolors came from a collector who is a regular vendor of ours. He’d forgotten about them for years. He found them in his garage.”

He refused to disclose the identity of the seller, as a matter of policy.

Thirteen watercolors were expected to fetch $580 to $2,200 apiece, while the lone small oil painting was estimated at up to $30,000, the auctioneer estimates.

All of the watercolors shattered expectations — 12 of them selling for between $4,400 and $9,000.

The remaining watercolor — a 1910 painting showing a figure sitting on a stone bridge — fetched almost $15,000. There has been speculation that the figure was a depiction of Hitler himself.

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Adolf Hitler’s Art Fetches Thousands

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