Napoleon’s Diamond Brooch Fetches $4.3 Million At Sotheby’s Royal Sale

Napoleon’s brooch led the auction of 65 royal and noble jewels, which achieved a “white glove” result—every lot sold—for a ...
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Napoleon’s iconic bicorne hat and personal treasures expected to fetch millions in Paris

PARIS (AP) — After Hollywood’s “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, over 100 relics — which shaped empires, broke hearts and spawned centuries of fascination — are on display ...
The Washington Post

Napoleon’s hats were a fashion statement. One has sold for $2.1 million.

In artwork depicting the Napoleonic Wars, gunpowder often clouds the scene, but among the hundreds of troops, one figure is immediately recognizable as Napoleon Bonaparte. What makes the French ...
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Napoleon’s Famed Bicorne Hat Could Fetch Over $900,000 at Auction

Sotheby’s is selling what it’s calling “one of the most significant offerings of Napoleonic material ever to come to market” on June 25 in Paris. Around 100 lots from the private collection of ...
FOX8 Cleveland

A hat worn by Napoleon sold for $2.1 million at French auction

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PARIS (AP) — A faded and cracked felt ...
Chicago Sun-Times

One of Napoleon’s signature bicorne hats expected to fetch $650,000 at France auction

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Napoleon Bonaparte’s lost brooch fetches $4.4 million at Sotheby’s auction

The annual Royal & Noble Jewels auction, held on Wednesday in Geneva, concluded with record sales. The jewel that the French military leader lost at the Battle of Waterloo alone increased its starting ...
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A hat worn by Napoleon sold for $2.1 million at an auction of the French emperor’s belongings

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PARIS (AP) — A faded and cracked felt ...
The Telegraph

One of Napoleon’s signature bicorne hats on auction in France could fetch upwards of $650,000

One of the signature broad, black hats that Napoléon wore when he ruled 19th century France and waged war in Europe is on display at Osenat's auction house in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, Friday, ...
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Napoleon's iconic bicorne hat and personal treasures expected to fetch millions in Paris

PARIS (AP) — After Hollywood's “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, over 100 relics — which shaped empires, broke hearts and spawned centuries of fascination — are on display ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

A hat worn by Napoleon sold for $2.1 million at an auction of the French emperor’s belongings

PARISPARIS — A faded and cracked felt bicorne hat worn by Napoléon Bonaparte sold for $2.1 million at an auction Sunday of the French emperor’s belongings. Yes, $2.1 million. The signature broad, ...