Shortly before a scheduled auction, the police seized in a Berlin auction house, alleged pictures of Adolf Hitler . It is suspected that the three watercolours were falsified, a police spokeswoman said on Friday in Berlin. The expert Commission for art crimes at the Landeskriminalamt (LKA) is determined for attempted fraud and falsification of documents.
The auction house had wanted to auction off the three pictures on Thursday at a starting price of 4000 euros. The watercolours, which should come according to the auction house from 1910 and 1911, and whose authenticity was evidenced by the report, two Alps, and the Rhine. The images are allegedly signed by Hitler.
According to police information, a display on Thursday at the Internet station, that the probably fake paintings should be auctioned. Subsequently, the investigators of the technical office of the Commissioner intervened.
the images, this signature is at the bottom right. An expert confirmed the authenticity of the signature. Image: auction house Kloss
It has been obtained a search warrant, and the images were seized on Thursday afternoon. The study of the watercolors, as well as the associated documents to take, and will take some time, as the police spokeswoman said.
unsuccessful Attempts as an art painter
The Nazi dictator had tried in the early years unsuccessful as a painter. Most of Hitler painted pictures are in private collections in Austria, Germany, the UK and the USA.
In the current case, there are according to Reports, the “world” in addition, doubts as to the authenticity because of the signatures. This differed greatly from each other and look completely different than Hitler’s genuine signatures from the time before 1914. In Germany, in principle, images can be sold as Hitler’s and traded. The requirement is that you show no anti-constitutional symbols. (nag/AFP)
Created: 25.01.2019, 10:43 PM
