Above:
Herta Schneider (left) with Eva Braun
The
Hitler signature on the painting first posted Saturday,
July 24, 2010; updated Friday, August 29, 2014 | Double-value:
Adolf
Hitler painted it, Eva Braun owned it - AS A penniless
eighteen-year-old art student in Vienna in 1907 Adolf Hitler
painted this watercolour of roses. After 1931 he gave the
painting to Eva Braun, who gave the painting to her best
friend Herta Schneider in 1940. This unique and
gifted work of art has been sold by its Bavarian owner, at
at inclusive price of 30,000 pounds sterling
on September 1, 2014. It is a major
investment, and will only grow in value. Herta and Eva had
known each since they were little girls at school together.
In
April 1945, in the final days of her short and tragic life,
Eva wrote two sad letters to Herta, and by courier plane
from Hitler's bunker sent her the engagement ring. (Copies
of these letters are included in this sale.) |
Click
on each image to see enlargements On
April 19, 1945 Eva writes to Herta Schneider
with grim news from Hitler's
bunker |
On
April 22, 1945 Eva sends to Herta her engagement
ring and a fond letter of farewell, as there now
seems to be no hope.
Original
letter of authentication signed by Herta Schneider:
Garmisch, July 4, 1989: "I, Herta Schneider
née Ostermayr, hereby confirm that the
picture laid before me (water-color, in oval frame,
size 27 x 23cm, depicting two red flowers and
petals, si[g]ned A. Hitler 07), comes from
the personal possession of Eva Braun. As Eva
Braun's best female friend I received the picture
from her as a gift during a visit to her house in
Wasserburg Street in Munich. She herself had
received it personally from the Führer. Eva
Braun presented this water-color painting to me in
the summer of 1940." | Diese
Gegenstände stammen aus dem Besitz Herta
Schneiders und kommen mit deren
Echtheitsbestätigung (oben).David
Irving writes: I
visited the late Herta Schneider several times
when writing my
biography Hitler's
War
(the first occasion was with Eva Braun's
biographer Nerin Gun), and again, years later in
1989, with my assistant Sally Cox (left) on
behalf of an American television company. Herta
was by then very frail, and it took a lot of
coaxing to persuade her to talk on camera; Sally
was a natural and lovely person, and did a great
job there. Herta
sadly showed us the engagement ring that Eva had
sent out of Berlin to her in the very last days
of the war, and her wonderful albums of original
photographs -- I have since seen them on sale at
a Munich auction house. She was a magnificent
source of information on Adolf Hitler and his
bride Eva, to the memory of both of which she
was still devoted. This item has only now
(summer 2010) come on to the market. The
asking price was 42,500 euros net inclusive of
shipping and insurance. This unusual gift,
painted by young Adolf Hitler and owned by Eva
Braun, was sold for 30,000 pounds on September 1, 2014.
| - We
operate a no-quibble refund policy provided
items are returned undamaged within 60
days
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to order higher-resolution photographs, $20 |
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An
impressive collection of photos of Herta Schneider, Eva
Braun, and their friends at Hitler's
Berghof
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Erster
Atombunker oder unterirdisches Archiv: Neue Funde in
Hitlers Obersalzberg
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Nazis'
Alpine retreat to be converted into luxury
hotel
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The
Berghof. Hitler's Mountain home, in the Bavarian Alps,
profiled by Homes & Gardens, Nov
1938
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For
sale: Hitler's Berlin bunker (June
2001)
| Jewish
Claims Conference may get Hitler bunker
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Excellent
photographs of Hitler's Berghof and headquarters the
Berghof from start to
finish
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Jason
Bulkeley has acquired valuable relics of Eva
Braun
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