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A "Hitler" from Bonn

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The Liechtenstein based auction house Militaria 321.com offered again an alleged Hitler watercolor. The seller was a person named "jogro" from Bonn, Germany. This time the start price was €1. The work was sold on July 7, 2021 for €500.

Dimensions: about 15 x 9 cm in a passepartout of 26 x 19.5 cm.

Description by seller: "The watercolor originates from a legacy. It was since 1911 in family possession. (...) Depicted is a view of the old inner city of Vienna."

"Das Aquarell stammt aus einem Nachlass und war seit 1911 in Familienbesitz. (...) Dargestellt ist eine Ansicht in der Wiener Altstadt"

The buyer must be a complete idiot, as the low start price and the absence of any checkable provenance are clear signs that this work is a fake work. It is not even a forgery, as it isn't a copy of any believed to be authentic Hitler "watercolors".

The seller, "jogro", sold via this same auction house another fake Hitler, June 2021 - see Another Liechtenstein "Hitler".

The biddings

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Source: "Aquarell A. Hitler ca. 1911 Wien Altstadt. Auction number 0007550150";
https://www.militaria321.com/auktionsdetails.cfm?auctionID=7550150

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Auction policies

"The company ASA (Auktions Service Anstalt) with its headquarters in Vaduz / Liechtenstein provides the website MILITARIA321.COM (www.militaria321.com) as a service to enable the auctioning of articles. MILITARIA321.COM is not involved in any form of actual trade between seller and buyer. We are therefore not responsible for the quality, safety or legality of the items that are offered. We also do not guarantee that the seller can actually sell the item, or that the buyer will buy the item.”

Source: Auction policies, ASA 2021.
https://www.militaria321.com/agb.cfm

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Address auction house

Militaria321.comis a division of:

ASA (Auktions Service Anstalt)
Austraße 49
Postfach 1260
FL-9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein

https://www.militaria321.com/

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