LONDON: A set of drinking glasses that once belonged to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler have been sold at an auction for 3,000 pounds.
The collection auctioned at the Northamptonshire Auction Centre in Britain , was expected to fetch up to 8,000 pounds, but was snapped up by a buyer in Sweden for just 3,000 pounds, The Sun reports.
Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert , of JPHumbert auctioneers, said the price was still reasonable for an item with no written proof of its background.
"Anything Nazi can be a little bit awkward to place and although we had an immense amount of worldwide publicity people were very cagey about expressing pre-sale interest," said Humbert.
"They sold to someone from Sweden who bid via the Internet. They have no paperwork, no written provenance, it was really based on the hearsay from the vendor in America," he added.
He said the goblets belonged to the vendor's late father, a highly respected militaria dealer .
The engraved goblets, edged in gold and etched with the distinctive Nazi eagle, a swastika and the initials A.H., are thought to have been used by the dictator in his Berlin bunker.
The collection auctioned at the Northamptonshire Auction Centre in Britain , was expected to fetch up to 8,000 pounds, but was snapped up by a buyer in Sweden for just 3,000 pounds, The Sun reports.
Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert , of JPHumbert auctioneers, said the price was still reasonable for an item with no written proof of its background.
"Anything Nazi can be a little bit awkward to place and although we had an immense amount of worldwide publicity people were very cagey about expressing pre-sale interest," said Humbert.
"They sold to someone from Sweden who bid via the Internet. They have no paperwork, no written provenance, it was really based on the hearsay from the vendor in America," he added.
He said the goblets belonged to the vendor's late father, a highly respected militaria dealer .
The engraved goblets, edged in gold and etched with the distinctive Nazi eagle, a swastika and the initials A.H., are thought to have been used by the dictator in his Berlin bunker.
