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August 22,
2021, updated 26-08-2021. 24-03-2013: 1 fake Hitler in Slovakia 21-05-2013: 2 fake Hitlers at UK auction 21-08-2013: 5 fake Hitlers at UK auction 15-11-2013: 2 fake Hitlers in Germany ??-12-2013: 1 fake Hitler in Ireland Exchange rates / value of money 2013 24-03-2013: 1 fake Hitler in Slovakia In 2013 the Slovakian auction house Darte
in Nižný Hrušov sold uts sixth "Hitler". In 2011 it
had sold one, in 2012 four. The similarity between all
these Hitlers? They were all fake.  Description by auctioneer: Technique: watercolor on paper Dimensions: 17 x 23 cm Signature: bottom right Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in the village of Braunau on the Inn River. He didn't even want to think that he should become a clerk like his father. e loved nature and wanted to spend time in it and his big hobby was painting. At the end of September 1907, 18-year-old Hitler came to Vienna to take an entrance exam at the Academy of Fine Arts. However, it was not accepted. He tried it again for another year - but the result was the same. However, this did not deter him from painting. The bold and confident Hitler nevertheless settled in Vienna and in 1909 and 1910 created a large number of small paintings. He painted houses often copied by postcard or from print, but also landscapes and portraits. He also created advertising posters for shoes, shoe polishes, cosmetics and underwear. He used oil, ink and watercolors. Adolf Hitler initially subsisted on artistic talent, at that time he focused on quantity - he created about 2,000 to 3,000 works by various methods - but even later (during his political career) he did not betray the art and as part of relaxation he focused on more pompous works, some of which he kept in the bunker until the end - 30. April 1945. The auction company DARTE has already offered five works by this author at its auctions. The sixth part of the current DARTE auction is a small watercolor "Fight in the Clouds", painted by 29-year-old Adolf in 1918." Comment by Droog Magazine: One can only be amazed by the utter nonsense being told here. Yes, Hitler was born in Braunau in 1889, and yes, he failed his entry exams for the Art Academy, but further... Hitler's production was low, he didn't produce any oil paintings, he didn´t make landscapes, in 1909 he didn't produce any watercolors at all, and he didn't paint at all after the First World War. And he certainly didn't make the work “Flight in the clouds”. Source. NAJVYŠŠIE DOSIAHNUTÉ CENY DIEL A.
HITLERA NA AUKCÁCH: Address auction house Darte To top of page. 21-05-2013: 2 fake Hitlers at UK auction The
UK based
Mullock's Specialist Auctioneers &
Valuers in Church Stretton (Shropshire) organized in
2009-2019 at least 14 auctions, on which works
allegedly made by Hitler (watercolors, oil paintings,
pastel and sketches) were sold.
None of these 'Hitler's' are authentic,
as they don't fit the general description of Hitler's
watercolors from 1910-1913, as established by the
Viennese police in 1936. None of these works resemble
in anything the authentic Hitler works registered by
the NSDAP Hauptarchiv in 1936-1940. Furthermore, the
wide variety of styles of the works sold by Mullock's
is a clear indication that these works were made by
many different artists.
On May 21, 2013 Mullock’s
offered 2 works attributed to Hitler. One
watercolor and one oil painting, both
accompanied by Certificates of
Authenticity (CoA) issued by the Austrian
swindler Hans O.A. Horváth.
Needless to say: these were
forgeries too. See our special report on Mullocks: https://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/mullocks-history-of-hitler-auctions.pdf Lot 484. Painting attributed to Hitler watercolour depicting Karlskirche in… Mullock’s. auction date 21/05/2013. https://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/lot-61171-painting_attributed_hitler_watercolour_depicting_karlskirche.html?p=46 Lot 486. Original Art. Attributed to Adolf Hitler. ‘Reh… Mullock’s. auction date 21/05/2013. https://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/lot-61173-original_art_attributed_adolf_hitler_reh.html?p=47 To top of page. 21-08-2013: 5 fakes Hitler at UK auction Again at Mullock’s. Five fake Hitler watercolors, four of them with fraudulent Horváth CoAs.  Lot 495: “Attributed to Hitler Stilleben, Still Life shows apples, nuts, flowers and a clock. Overall 43.5 x 34.5cm, aquarelle on carton. Signed “Adolf Hitler” in bottom left. On the back partially stamped by H.O.A. Horvath, Archiv für NS Zeitgeschichte (Archive for NS Contemporary History). Guide price £6000 - £8000. Not sold.”
Lot 496: “Attributed to Hitler Alpine
Bouquet with
Edelweiss, 38 x 27.5cm, signed A. Hitler to left
bottom. Guide price £6000 -
£8000. Not sold.” Watercolor. Lot 497: “Attributed to Hitler Altes Dorf, shows a steep ascending, narrow street in an old village. The location is hard to pinpoint, but most likely in old Duernstein on the Danube. 43.5 x 28.5cm, watercolour on paper. Signed “A. Hitler” in bottom right. In the back partially stamped by H.O.A. Horvath, Archiv für NS Zeitgeschichte (Archive for NS Contemporary History). Guide price £6000 - £8000. Not sold.”
Sources.
To top of page. 15/16-11-2013: 2 fake Hitlers in Germany Auction house Hermann Historica in Munich is offering two 'Hitler' watercolours at auction 67r, 15/16 November 2013. 
The first is a work entitled 'Munich. K.B. Verkehrsministerium', which is said to date from 1913/1914. It was offered as lot number 6160 for €15,000 and sold for €27,000. This
work also came with two documents that
should prove its authenticity: a typed
postcard 'from 1933' and a will 'from 1940'.
The
second is lot number 6161, 'Haubourdin'
1916. Offered and sold for EUR 16,000. The
work looks very much like one of the
'Hitlers' that was reproduced in the Hoffmann portfolio
from 1935. At the same auction also monocles 'of Hitler' were auctioned (lot number 6182). So called from the estate of his housekeeper, Anni Winter. The forgers supplied a declaration of authenticity 'from Frau Winter' with this glassware. Sources Bundesarchiv Berlin. NS 26 Hauptarchiv der
NSDAP / 3 Adolf Hilter / 3.3 Künstlerisches
Schaffen. Files NS 26 1-43a, 64 , 2599. To top of page. ??-12-2013: 1 fake Hitler in Ireland In December 2013 the Irish auction house Mealy’s Fine Art offered a “Hitler for sale.”
Paintings attributed to Hitler have occasionally turned up and been sold at auctions abroad. However, most of the major international auction houses do not assess, value or sell his work. The painting depicts a landscape and a title, “Walberswick from Southwold”, is written on the reverse. The village of Walberswick and town of Southwold are on the Suffolk coast in England.” George G. Mealey, the auctioneer, said the attribution, if accurate, “would suggest that Hitler had visited England” and the painting “would be very significant from a historical point of view”.
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To top of page. Exchange rates / value of money 2013 1 euro = 1.29 US dollar. 1 US dollar = 0.76 euro. 1 euro = 0.85 UK pound 1 UK pound = 1.18 euro 1 euro = 1.25 Swiss francs 1 Swiss franc =0.80 euro Wisselkoersen archief ECB, 15-05-2013. https://wisselkoers-euro.nl/archief-wisselkoersen/2013-05-15/ CPI Inflation Calculator – for US dollars.This inflation calculator uses official records published by the U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/ Convertisseur franc-euro. Pouvoir d'achat
de l'euro et du franc. Le
convertisseur franc-euro mesure l'érosion
monétaire due à l'inflation. Historischer Währungsrechner. Österreichische Nationalbank (Geldwertrechner). https://www.eurologisch.at/docroot/waehrungsrechner/#/ Value of the Guilder/Euro. International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. http://www.iisg.nl/hpw/calculate.php © Compilation Bart FM Droog, 2021. |
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