A diamond brooch once belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte, reportedly lost at Waterloo, sold for 3.5 million Swiss francs (4.4 ...
The brooch, which Napoleon used as a hat ornament, was an heirloom of the Prussian Royal House of Hohenzollern for more than ...
The annual Royal & Noble Jewels auction, held on Wednesday in Geneva, concluded with record sales. The jewel that the French ...
Napoleon’s brooch led the auction of 65 royal and noble jewels, which achieved a “white glove” result—every lot sold—for a ...
Estimates were well below the huge price paid for this astounding Napoleonic jewel taken from his coach at Waterloo. Read ...
A diamond-encrusted brooch belonging to French emperor Napoleon, which was captured by the Prussian army at Waterloo (Walloon ...
Sotheby's did not disclose the identity of the seller of the brooch, and said that the buyer was a "private collector." ...
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A brooch fitted with nearly 100 diamonds, captured after the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, is for ...
Some call him a genius and a statesman. Others say he was a tyrant. Napoleon Bonaparte died 204 years ago, and now Sotheby's is auctioning off some of the general-turned-emperor's belongings in Paris.