(AdelaideNow). A BRITISH auction house intends to sell 13 paintings attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler next month.The works, including a self portrait painted when Hitler was a struggling artist in Vienna, will go under the hammer on April 23, Mullock's Specialist Auctioneers and Valuers said.
Two years ago, 21 paintings attributed to Hitler were sold for £118,000 ($243, 835), or more than twice the pre-sale estimate, by an auction house in England.
The sale raised doubts among some art experts about the authenticity of the paintings.
"I've seen quite a bit of Hitler art, and the subjects tend to be the same," said Richard Westwood-Brookes, a historical documents expert who will be holding the sale for Mullock's.
He said Hitler liked to paint pictures of flowers, especially roses, and romantic landscapes with cottages.
In the self portrait, a watercolor, the future leader of the Third Reich is sitting pensively on a stone bridge, wearing a brown suit.
His face lacks a nose and mouth, as well the trademark square mustache.
"They're not exactly the greatest pictures in the world," Westwood-Brookes said, adding they could fetch between £400 and £1000 ($826 to $2066).
He said purchasers would likely be "people who are genuinely interested in Hitler as a figure from history."
An unnamed Russian businessman was top bidder at the previous auction.
Hitler applied to art school in Vienna but was rejected. (read more)
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