rare item a watercolor / drawing signed Nico de Haas, Nico de Haas was a Dutch NSB leader and member of the SS he became a obersturmbanfuhrer, In 1941 he designed the war coins of the Netherlands. Among the coins where a zinc 5 cent (stuiver). On the drawing you see one of his drafts for the coin (square 5 cent ), note the extra sun that was made. He was the editor of the Nazi newspaper / weekly in the Netherlands from April 11 1941. De Haas was removed in 1942 but came back as a editor close to the end of the war, after the war he disappeared, and joint the French foreign legion. I found this drawing together with another one, because I broke the glass of a painting and had to change the glass, during this process I found the 2 drawings. The painting that was used to hide the drawings / watercolors has been in my family for as long as I remember ( I am 40 now). I am sure that the drawing is a original working drawing / watercolor, however I investigated if I could get this authenticated and yes I could this would however cost at least 2000 us dollars plus the cost involved in finding an expert. Since Nico de Haas is not a artist as such ( ok he designed the coins) I guess it would have cost me a lot more than the 2000 dollars. So therefore there are no papers with this piece of art. And I can not guarantee the authenticity of it. Therefore bid on it as a watercolor, all sales are final and happy bidding. The painting is not in top condition ( it is old ) and has a little water damage on the right side and in the top left corner. See picture. I know the picture is not great and seems to be dark, but the drawing is rather light also on the richt top corner there is a little piece missing ( about the size of a bee).
US $16.50 (euro 14), Oct-18-04, ebay, michelthirdplanet. Maar is dit echt? het is natuurlijk vrij eenvoudig na te schetsen...
