Hitler's artwork sells for 391,000 euros

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Press Trust of India Berlin
Last Updated : Jun 21 2015 | 1:07 PM IST
Fourteen watercolour paintings and drawings presumed to have been the work of a young Adolf Hitler have been sold for a whopping 391,000 euros at an auction.
The artwork was put up for sale in Nuremberg and the highest price was paid for the painting of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, which went to a buyer from China for 100,000 euros.
A still life picture of a bouquet of carnations fetched 73,000 euros at the auction.
The artwork also included views of Vienna and Prague, and a female nude.
The offered artwork dated between 1904 and 1922 - long before the Nazis took power in Germany, New Zealand Herald reported.
Hitler's artistic endeavours are widely considered to be of limited merit, but their sale - though controversial - continues to fetch thousands of euros at auction houses each year.
The works are allowed to be sold in Germany as long as there are no Nazi symbols depicted on them.
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First Published: Jun 21 2015 | 1:07 PM IST

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