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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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Resort On Hitler's Former Hideaway Losing Money

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

The Intercontinental Resort Berchtesgaden drew controversy when it opened a few years ago. The luxury hotel is located on Germany's Obersalzberg mountain on the former site of a resort Adolf Hitler liked to use as a vacation spot. But recent German reports indicate that the Bavarian retreat isn't popular with modern Germany. The Intercontinental Hotel on the Obersalzberg mountainside near Berchtesgaden had an occupancy rate of only 53 per cent and lost 15 million euros since 2005 according to Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The report goes on to mention that state-owned bank Bayern LB which owns the hotel operating company received a 10 billion euro state bail-out but is not planning to sell the resort.

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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 Wines Seized In Italy

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

An Italian company which specializes in labeling their wine with the pictures of infamous historical figures is in trouble again. Decanter reports that Italian police have confiscated bottles of wine with labels depicting Hitler and other Nazis. The wines from Vini Lundardelli is part of their 'Der Führer' line which feature a variety of labels portraying various figures associated with Nazi Germany. The bottles were seized because they represent a 'a glorification of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity', according to the Agence France Presse.

Decanter has a quote from Andrea Lunardelli, marketing and distribution director, who says that the move was a marketing strategy (other labels include Che Guevara, Napoleon and Mussolini) and that the Hitler labels were requested by customers in Germany and Austria. The Hitler wines are still for sale through the Vini Lundarelli website (as shown by the screen capture above) and the case is currently with the company's lawyers.

This is far from the first time the wines have caused controversy. There was a major outcry in 2003 at which time Alessandro Lunardelli said that the Hitler wines were the most popular in the series, selling around 30,000 bottles a year.

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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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Christies Pulls $15 Million Car From Auction

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

Christies announced a few months ago that a 1939 Auto Union D-Type, a racing car that was part of a collection commissioned by Adolph Hitler, was to be auctioned at the Rétromobile 2007 show in Paris on February 17. But that particular item will not enter the auction after all; Christies has just pulled the car from the show, "pending further exploration into the car's race history."

It is decidedly odd that the auction house would decide to pull a car valued at $12-$15 million just a few days before it was to be sold, but despite months of research into the history of the object (which were undoubtedly necessary to price it in the first place), if they aren't confident about their estimate, it is far better to remove it for a later sale then take a chance on a bidder spending that much money for something not worth it.

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Porsche Designed For Hitler May Be The Most Expensive Car Ever To Hit The Auction Block

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

A racing car commissioned by Adolf Hitler from Porsche may be the most expensive car ever to be sold at auction. Christie's will be selling the car during the Rétromobile 2007 show in Paris, February 16 and 17.

The 1939 Auto Union D-Type is said to be one of only two in existence, a request from Hitler who wanted to display the technological prowess of German engineers. Most of the D-types were destroyed after the war but this one survived because it had been taken to Russia to be studied. The dissembled parts of the car were found in the 1990s and the car was reassembled. The car could bring in over $15 million, setting a world record.

[via Ananova]

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