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The Hitler Forgery Industry

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2016  |

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


30-09-2016: 1 fake Hitler at US auction

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30-09-2016. Regency-Superior Auctioneers, St. Louis, MO, USA

Lot 624: "Adolf Hitler Watercolor painting". Estimated at $15,000 - $20,000. Passed.


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Description by auctioneer: "Original 10¼"x12¾" watercolor painting depicts large stone wall with brown entrance doors, signed lower left 'A. Hitler.' Includes initials '1906 A.H.' on back, possibly inscribed by Hitler himself. Few edge tears (including large, but easily repaired, tear UL) and adhesion remnants from mounting, small paper repair lower right, otherwise fine and RARE. Accompanied by a Letter of Provenance and Attestation of Authenticity by Jerry Swallow. .”

Comment by Droog Magazine: This work is a fake, not even a forgery, as it doesn't resemble any believed to be authentic Hitlers. The signature is fake too.

The undated Certificate of Authenticity by Jerry Swallow is quite interesting. He claims that the work originates from a "Josef Weghofer", who conveniently died in the 1930s, and that he bought this and other alleged Hitlers from Weghofer's granddaughter, a woman named Edna Vogl. This transaction allegedly took place in the mid or late 1990s. Swallow: "I fully guarantee that this is 100% original artwork by Adolf Hitler." Yeah, sure - Jerry Swallow is a tattoo artist and a known swindler. His CoAs are utterly worthless. 

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Whoever bought this work from Swallow wasn't satisfied with one CoA; the work is accompanied by a second CoA, issued by the notorious Frank P. Garo, dated September 16, 2016, #27130. It is as fraudulent and worthless as Swallow's CoA.
 

Source:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/1906-adolf-hitler-watercolor-painting-624-c-0994b718a6 (accessed 21-08-2021).

 

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Exchange rates / value of money 2016

1 euro =  1.12 US dollar.
1 US dollar = 0.89 euro.   
1 euro = 0,88 UK pound
1 UK pound = 1.14 euro
1 euro = 1,09 Swiss francs
1 Swiss franc =0,92 euro

Wisselkoersen archief ECB, 06-10-2016.
https://wisselkoers-euro.nl/archief-wisselkoersen/2016-10-06/

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.
https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2417794

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


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