Album of photos of the Fuhrer and his personal autograph

[KARLnf]

Hi, everybody.

I need Your help. One of my friends showed me a photo album. The state of the album and the photos themselves is amazing. I have an assumption that this is an album Of one of the photojournalists who observed and collected materials from the life of the Fuhrer. Some of the photos are signed. One photo is signed by Adolf, and there Are traces of pressing with an ink pen. All photos and captions are illuminated with an ultraviolet lamp. The face is clearly genuine and very rare item. I am interested in the price of this item and Your personal opinion about this album. My opinion is that the photo album is made up entirely of press photos. Photo sizes are 20*16 and 17*11. The photo album itself has dimensions of 32*24. There are 43 photos in the Album. At the end there is a sign with notes and the owner's signature.

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

the pictures are done by the "official" Hitler photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann and his staff, and this "homemade" album was probably made for the VIP and high-ranking officers who followed Hitler in his Italian trip.

The album is said to have been the one made for Julius Schaub, one of the closest men to the Führer during most of his life.

So it is probably legit, but the pictures are the Hoffmann ones and it seemed that no "private" pictures are included in it.

There is a good chance that the signature of Hitler is legit.
Maybe Hitler even signed the few dozen of albums made for his staff.

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Vince

[Adem]

As Vince mentioned, the photographs look like period photos, though not private shots. To be honest, I would look into the Schaub document. The signatures do not appear 100% genuine. I may be wrong, but I would look into it further.
I have never collected a Schaub signature, but a quick google search came up with one from 1963, which appears genuine, and then another “Bestätigung” which does not. Regarding the script, the Schaub note appears to be in the same font as the captions in the album. I’m sure others will have opinions.
Best Regards!

[KARLnf]

As Vince mentioned, the photographs look like period photos, though not private shots. To be honest, I would look into the Schaub document. The signatures do not appear 100% genuine. I may be wrong, but I would look into it further.
I have never collected a Schaub signature, but a quick google search came up with one from 1963, which appears genuine, and then another “Bestätigung” which does not. Regarding the script, the Schaub note appears to be in the same font as the captions in the album. I’m sure others will have opinions.
Best Regards!

I have already seen several versions of his autograph and there is almost no similarity. Everyone claimed that the autograph was original. Here is another official document. And the autograph is different from all those that we have given as an example.

[max history]

In my opinion, the Hitler signature is definitely a fake. Also, the 1966 Julius Schaub is a fake.
Max.

[KARLnf]

In my opinion, the Hitler signature is definitely a fake. Also, the 1966 Julius Schaub is a fake.
Max.

Hi Max. Can you give an argument for your opinion?

[max history]

Experience. I have been a collector/researcher in this field for over 40 years and a researcher of Third Reich history since 1964. I have acted as a private advisor to dealers, collectors and auction houses for many years in the past and I have authored a number of Third Reich biographical studies, some of which included the subjects' autographs. I count many of the world's recognised collectors in this field among my acquaintances, including the late Steve Bumball mentioned in this thread. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I've also studied handwriting and attended a course on the subject.

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

ah yes Max and Adem may be right, it may then be a falsely attributed album made of original period prints (or post-war reprints)...
In that case it may be a clever fake.

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Vince

[crowback]

The picture labels on typed out strips of paper look very amateurish for a VIP or presentation album.