Drawings by late leader brings in $450,000

Watercolour paintings and drawings which are believed to be works of a young Adolf Hitler, were sold over the weekend at an auction in Germany, for $450,000.

According to the organisers, the most expensive art was a painting of King Ludwig II's Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, which was bought for 100,000 euros by a buyer from China.

Another of his work dated 1904 - 1922 and signed A Hitler, also sold for 73,000 euros at the auction which ended Saturday.

"These collectors are not specialised in works by this particular painter but rather have a general interest in high-value art," Kathrin Weidler of the auction firm told DPA.

In November, the same auction house sold a watercolour painted by Hitler in 1914 for 130,000 Euros.

While experts consider his work to be of mediocre quality, Germany permits auction houses to sell any of his arts that doesn't feature any banned symbols.