Hitler-signed 'Mein Kampf' copies sell for $65,000
Two rare copies of "Mein Kampf" signed by the young Nazi leader Adolf Hitler went under the hammer for USD 64,850 in Los Angeles, auctioneers have said. The two-volume set -- a first edition and a second edition -- of the future German Fuehrer's political manifesto had been estimated to go for USD 20-25,000 in a sale organised by Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Eleven people bid for the volumes, both signed by Hitler and dedicated to Josef Bauer, an early Nazi party member and a leader of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch bid to overthrow the Bavarian government. Hitler likely gave them to Bauer as Christmas gifts in 1925 and 1926, expressing best wishes for the holiday season, the auctioneers said. They called the books "an ominously signed set of books that futilely warned the world of Hitler's intentions," adding they were more rare in that they were dedicated to a fellow Nazi leader. The young Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle") i...