WATCH ABOVE: Nuremberg’s Weidler auction house says the painting is one of some 2,000 painted by Adolf Hitler and is thought to be from about 1914, when he was struggling to make a living as an artist, almost two decades before rising to power as the Nazi dictator.
A watercolour depicting Munich’s old city hall has sold for $162,000 at auction.
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The painter? Adolf Hitler.
The century-old work attracted bidders from four continents and went to a buyer from the Middle East.
The painting was sold by a pair of elderly sisters whose grandfather purchased it in 1916.
Nuremberg’s Weidler auction house says the painting was one of some 2,000 painted by Adolf Hitler and is thought to be from about 1914, when he was struggling to make a living as an artist, almost two decades before rising to power as the Nazi dictator.
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Auction house director Kathrin Weidler says the painting drew interest from around the world, with most viewing it as a curiosity or as an investment.
It was expected to sell for around $60,000.
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