As an artist, Adolf Hitler was certainly no Vincent van Gogh – in fact experts describe his works as “mediocre” – but nevertheless, several watercolor paintings and drawings by Der Fuhrer fetched nearly 400,000 euros (HK$3.52 million) at a weekend auction.

The most expensive was a painting of King Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, now a tourist magnet, which went to a buyer from China for 100,000 euros, Nuremberg-based Weidler auctioneers said.

A still-life of carnations changed hands for 73,000 euros, and all of the works on offer, dating from 1904 to 1922 and signed “A Hitler,” found buyers.

Bidders included investors from Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, France and Germany itself.

Germany permits auction houses to sell the late Nazi leader’s paintings as long as they don’t feature any banned symbols.