NAZI EMBASSY SALE
RIDICULOUS PRICES
LONDON, November 29,
At the resumed sale of furniture from the German Embassy today, £14,500 was taken, says the "Daily Mail." Two haulage contractors refused to remove the scwt bust of Hitler, which was bought by Gordon Canning, so the bust, on its half-ton marble pedestal—it is insured for £750—had to remain for the night in the saleroom.
Some light relief has been given by those who paid fantastically high prices for the contents of the German Embassy. The buyers had fat wallets and paid such absurd prices that dealers gave up bidding, with the comment: "Raving mad." The sale • also revealed the presence in England of the League of Christian Reformers, who apparently take a good view of Hitler. The view taken of the league is not so good.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 132, 1 December 1945, Page 9
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