希特勒水彩畫在德拍賣 總價達6萬美元
Three watercolours believed painted by a young Adolf Hitler were auctioned off for a total of 42,000 euros ($60,000) in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg on Saturday.
German auctioneer Herbert Weidler said the three paintings were sold to three different phone bidders. Although the exact number of Hitler paintings is unknown, experts believe there are about 720, including sketches, in existence.
"Various clients are interested in these paintings," Weidler said. "They're intellectuals, businessmen or just normal people who might have saved some money and wanted such a painting."
The paintings are dated from 1910 to 1911 and originate in Vienna, where Hitler was a struggling artist. He applied to art school in Vienna but was rejected.
There have been a number of other auctions in Germany and abroad for Hitler paintings in the past. The three watercolours auctioned on Saturday included depictions of cottages, mills and churches nestled in rural landscapes.
"Weissenkirchen in der Wachau" fetched 24,000 euros from a foreign bidder while two other domestic bidders won "Zerschossene Muehle" for 11,000 euros and "Haus mit Bruecke am Fluss" for 7,000 euros.
"I would say it's the quality of a village school art teacher who has learned how to draw," Weidler said. "Others might think differently but we say they're of rather modest quality."
The authenticity of items associated with Hitler has long been a bone of contention. In 1983, German magazine Stern published what it said were extracts from Hitler's diaries. They were later exposed as forgeries.
三幅據說是阿道夫•希特勒年輕時所畫的水彩畫於上週六在（德國）巴伐利亞州城市紐倫堡被拍賣，總售價達4.2萬歐元（合6萬美元）。
德國拍賣師赫伯特•魏德勒說，這三幅畫分別賣給了三個不同的電話出價人。儘管希特勒畫作的具體數量無法確定，但專家們認爲其現存的畫作總數約爲720幅，其中包括素描。
魏德勒說：“許多客戶對這些畫很感興趣，這其中包括知識分子、商人，也有普通百姓，他們可能存了些錢，想買一幅這樣的畫。”
這些畫創作於維也納，創作年代爲1910年至1911年，當時希特勒是一個落魄的畫家。那時他申請了維也納的美術學院，但被拒之門外。
之前，在德國和其他國家也舉行過一些希特勒畫作的拍賣活動。上週六被拍賣的三幅水彩畫描繪的是德國鄉間的村舍、磨坊和教堂。
《瓦豪的白色教堂》被一名外國競拍者以2.4萬歐元的價格拍得，另外兩幅則被德國國內的兩名競拍人買走，其中《被擊毀的磨坊》以1.1萬歐元的價格售出，《河邊的橋和房子》以7000歐元售出。
魏德勒說：“在我看來，這些畫相當於一個學過怎麼畫畫的鄉村美術老師的水平。其他人可能有不同的看法，不過我們認爲這些畫作的水準比較有限。”
和希特勒有關的一些物品的真僞問題一直受到爭論。1983年，德國《明星》雜誌刊登了據說是希特勒日記的摘錄，後來被曝出是僞造物。
Vocabulary:
nestle: to lie in a sheltered position 半隱半現地處於（a village nestling in the valley 掩映在山谷中的村莊）
fetch: to bring in as a price 售得，賣得（fetch a good price賣得好價）
modest: not very large; moderate 不太高
a bone of contention:爭論的原因
forgery:僞造物
