Auctioneer in Northern Ireland urged to stop sale of Hitler-linked items

A silver-plated pencil purported to have belonged to Adolf Hitler (Bloomfield Auctions/PA)

An auctioneer in Northern Ireland has been urged to stop the sale of a pencil which purportedly once belonged to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

The ornate silver-plated pencil is set to go under the hammer in Belfast next week as well as a signed portrait of the notorious dictator who led the regime responsible for the Holocaust.