Handout photo from Mullock's Auctioneers of a painting, believed to be a 1910 self portrait by Adolf Hitler and identified by the initials 'A.H', written beside the figure. What the British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler have sold at auction for 97,672 pounds (US$143,358) Thursday April 23 2009. A painting said to be a self-portrait of the young Hitler sold for about 10,000 pounds (US$14,600). The buyer John Ratledge, 46, said he planned to hang it at home or in his office.
(AP Photo / Mullock's Auctioneers, ho)
