Hitler's paintings to go on sale in Britain

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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A British auction house said on Thursday it 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 pounds ($172,200), 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"I've seen quite a bit of Hitler art, and the subjects tend to be the same," said Richard Westwood-Brookes, a historical documents expert who will be holding the sale for Mullock's.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.

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[Hubert Flottz]

1. I'll bet the bush Library will buy some!

[Fleshdancer]

2. yuck

I don't know what's more disturbing...the idea of having Hitler's "art" hanging on a wall somewhere, or knowing that there are people willing to waste so much money on it.

[tjwash]

3. Hitler...now THERE was a painter.

He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon TWO COATS!!

[kestrel91316]

4. The proceeds should go to charities benefitting the surviving victims of

the Nazis, and the paintings should then be BURNED.