'Hitler's pencil' sells for fraction of estimate at UK auction
The silver-plated pencil was sold for £5,400, much lower than its £50,000 to £80,000 estimate
It sold for £5,400 on Tuesday, a fraction of its pre-auction estimate which ranged from £50,000 to £80,000. The lots also included a signed photo of Hitler and a number of other items purportedly linked to leading Nazis, some emblazoned with swastika symbols.Ahead of the sale, Bloomfield Auctions' managing director, Karl Bennett, defended his firm's decision to include such controversial memorabilia.
Hitler came to power in Germany in the 1930s and led the Nazi regime which was responsible for the murders of millions of Jews during World War Two.
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