Adolf Hitler‘s watercolours and drawings sold for £286,000 at a German auction at the weekend.

Saturday’s controversial sale organised by Weidler Auctioneers of Nuremberg saw the German dictator’s painting of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria fetch the highest price at £71,000 (100,000) euros when it was sold to a Chinese buyer.

A still life of carnations, signed ‘A Hitler’, was sold for £52,000 (72,000 euros) at the Nuremberg event.

Most of the pictures are believed to have been painted between 1904 and 1922, reports Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).

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• A reproduction shows the painting of ‘Karlskirche Vienna’, a watercolor signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Watercolour paintings and drawings by Adolf Hitler from about 100 years ago are set to go up for auction in Nuremberg between June 18 and 20, 2015. AFP

• A reproduction shows the painting of ‘Old Vienna Hofburg with old passage in 1890’, a watercolour of Adolf Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• A reproduction shows the painting ‘Kalkbrennerei’ (lime kiln), a watercolor signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• A reproduction shows the ‘Damenakt’, a drawing signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• A reproduction shows the painting ‘Blumenstillleben’, a watercolour signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• A reproduction shows a painting of Neuschwanstein Castle, a watercolor signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• A reproduction shows the picture ‘Nelkenstrauss’ (carnation bouquet), a watercolor signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• A reproduction shows the painting ‘Prague in the Fog’, a watercolor signed A Hitler on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The signature of Adolf Hitler at the painting ‘Prague in the Fog’ is pictured on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The signature reading ‘A Hitler, 1910’ at the watercolour ‘Nelkenstrauss’ (carnation bouquet) is pictured, on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The handwriting analysis of the signature of the watercolour painting ‘Church in Vienna’, is pictured on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The signature of Adolf Hitler at the picture ‘Damenakt’ is pictured on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The signature reading ‘A Hitler, 1909’ at the watercolour ‘Blumenstillleben’ is pictured on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The signature reading ‘A Hitler, 1910’ at the watercolour ‘Blumenstillleben’ is pictured on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

• The signature reading ‘A Hitler, 1910’ at the watercolour ‘Nelkenstrauss’ (carnation bouquet) is pictured on June 11, 2015 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, southern Germany.

FAZ reports that bidders for the Nazi Party leader’s art works were private investors from China, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, France and Germany.

“These collectors do not specialise in this painter, but also have general interest in high art,” said auctioneer Kathrin Weidler.

Last year the same auction house sold a watercolour painted by Hitler in 1914 for £93,000 (129,000 euros).

Auction houses are allowed to sell Hitler’s art works in Germany as long as they do not show any Nazi symbols.

Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler had dreams of becoming an artists before his rise to power

Before reaching power in 1933, Hitler applied to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in the 1900s but was rejected twice.

Nonetheless, these days his artworks go for high prices when put on sale.

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