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Mein Kampf Signed by Adolf Hitler Sells at Auction for $35k

A signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" recently sold for £21,000, or about $35,000 in American funds. While the controversial book has been banned in Germany since the end of the Second World War, it remains in publication in other countries where the ban is not in place.

The copy in question was autographed by the notorious Nazi leader and was believed to have been given to a fellow inmate at the Bavarian jail where Hitler wrote the book while serving a four-year prison sentence in the mid-1920's. The pre-publication second edition was sold at auction by Mullock's Auctioneers.

Shown above is the signed first edition of "Mein Kampf" which sold for £23,800 at an auction in London in 2005.

[Source: Telegraph]

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NAZI Art Agreement To Be Reviewed At Conference

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art

Over the next few days, delegates from 50 countries are meeting to discuss the commitments of governments around the world to track down and return items stolen by the NAZIs. On the agenda will be the extents to which specific nations have enacted a 1998 agreement called the Washington principles (non-binding). This year, the conference is considering a new declaration on stolen art.

An estimated 650,000 pieces of art were estimated to have been stolen under Adolf Hitler's 12-year reign. More than six decades later, 70,000 pieces remain missing and sought by their owners.

While the Washington principles are considered to be a great foundation, the current problem is that they have yet to be implemented. At the upcoming conference, the delegation will announce rankings of countries based on how fully they have implemented the Washington principles. Among those that have failed to deliver are Russia, Hungary, France, Italy and Spain. Austria and Netherlands are said to be most compliant with the principles.

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Hitler's Paintings Sell For Thousands

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Art

This sad little watercolor scene would not be of any real note except for the fact that the artist was Adolf Hitler. This is one of a series of pieces painted by Adolf Hitler that sold for over 100,000 euros this week through Mullock's Art Auctioneers in London. Richard Westwood-Brookes from Mullock's said that the pieces were only expected to sell for a few thousand, the piece above was estimated at £1000 to £1500. Hitler was rejected twice by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the early 1900s.

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Hitler's Globe Up for Auction

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

Recently we had Hitler's champagne up for auction, and now a globe that an American soldier recovered from Hitler's bombed and looted office at "Eagle's Nest" during WWII. James Barsamian, the soldier, kept immaculate records of the find (including a photo of himself holding the globe on location the day he found it) which has made authenticating the piece much easier.

Barsamian has kept the globe in his home discreetly for the past 60 years, but he's decided to sell it now in the interests of doing so while he's still alive and can tell the story behind it. The globe will go up for auction on November 13th in San Francisco and is expected to go for $15,000-$20,000.

Via Luxury Launches

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Hitler's Champagne Hits The Auction Block

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Auctions

Care for a little 70 year old champagne from Adolf Hitler's own stash that may or may not be poisoned? Sign me up!

Not really, I'm kidding.

But in all seriousness going up for auction this month on the 17th is a bottle of 1937 Moet et Chandon that was apparently taken by a soldier from the Reich Chancellery in Berlin in 1945 after the Nazis were defeated. And the poisoned part? There was a rumor going around that some of the champagne bottles had been poisoned via injections through the cork.

I might not be interested, but I can still understand why other people would be -- it is a piece of history. Just make sure you store it so there's no chance you're going to pop it open and drink it accidentally this New Years!

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