November 15, 2020 - Droog Magazine periodical for investigative journalism

The Hitler Forgery Industry

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1967  | No Hitlers! |  Certificates of Authenticity

The strange business of selling fakes, forgeries and other concoctions attributed to Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and other Nazi criminals.

Introduction

In the 1960's producing Hitlers become more and more interesting for forgers. They were greatly helped by the fact that almost nobody knew that Hitler had produced only a limited number of Viennese and Munich city views, merely drawings colored in with watercolor paint.

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Sotheby refuses 'Hitlers'

1967 - Sotheby's London refused to auction two Viennese city views allegedly made by Hitler in 1912.. The consignor was the London businessman David Rousel Milner (also spelled as David Roussel Milner), who wanted to sell the works for at least 50,000 Netherlands guilders.

The auction house was afraid the auction would cause more upheaval, as happened at the previous Hitler auction, in 1960.

"There was such a rumpus then that it was more trouble than it was worth. Feelings ran high and we don't want to have any more trouble," a spokesman for Sotheby's said.

Schilderijen van Hitler door Londense veiling geweigerd. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 29-09-1967.
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010869733:mpeg21:a0280
Painting by Hitler rejected. The Canberra Times, Canberra, 30-09-1967.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106979760
"Zoiets verkopen wij niet." Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad, 06-10-1967.
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010860754:mpeg21:a0155




 


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