An auction house in Nuremberg has auctioned several items that are to come from the estate of Adolf Hitler. A tablecloth was auctioned for 630 euros and a Meissen pompous vase with a depiction of the "Gorch Fock" for 5500 euros plus fees, said the auction house Weidler.

The two objects were reportedly to a telephone and a written bidder from home and abroad. Five watercolors, which should have painted the Nazi politician himself, would now be offered in the after-sale. Actually, about two dozen such paintings should be auctioned, but this was not due to an intervention by the prosecutor.

The investigators had seized on Thursday 63 allegedly painted by Hitler pictures - due to doubts about the authenticity of the paintings. The prosecutor investigate against unknown for document falsification with attempted fraud, said a justice spokeswoman. An expert had informed the authority of his doubts and thus stimulated the investigation.

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Hitler Auction in Nuremberg: Estate of a Humanity Criminal

The auction house cooperates according to the information with the investigators and gave the pictures voluntarily. According to prosecutors, there is a suspicion that expert reports that prove the authenticity of the images are fake. If this suspicion is confirmed, should be checked in the previous owner chain, who knew what about it.

The auction house had the proposed event in its catalog as "special auction Adolf Hitler" touted. Apart from paintings and the now auctioned furnishings also a wicker chair should be auctioned, in which a swastika was incorporated. Whether this is still to be offered for auction is unclear.

Concern that the auction could attract the right clientele, the auction house was not. "The interested parties are international art collectors without a bad background," said a spokeswoman for the auction house. Museums also made money with Nazi art.

The trade in artworks of the National Socialist dictator is not prohibited.