Napoleon’s hat sells for over $2M at auction in France

A hat when used by Napoleon Bonaparte cost over $2 million at auction.

The renowned bicorne hat, faded and harmed over the centuries, cost 1.5 million Euros (around U.S. $1,641,700) on Sunday in the middle of sales of the French emperor’s other personal belongings.

” We are at 1.5 million (euros) for Napoleon’s hat … for this significant sign of the Napoleonic date,” revealed Jean Pierre Osenat, president of the Osenat auction home, at the conclusion of the auction.

The winner of the Osenate auction stays confidential and will be required to pay a 28.8% commission charge, bringing the overall expense of the hat to around $2.1 million.

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The last list price shattered expectations after the hat was at first valued at around $650,000 to $870,000 ahead of the auction.

Auctioneers state the hat was very first recorded in the belongings of Col. Pierre Baillon, who acted as a quartermaster under Napoleon.

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After altering hands numerous times, the hat was bought by collector Jean-Louis Noisiez, who collected a substantial stockpile of Napoleon militaria throughout his life.

Noisiez passed away in 2022, and managers started preparing his collection for auction.

Other noteworthy products at the sale consisted of Napoleonic swords, coins and guns.

The auction happened in Fontainebleau, France. The small commune is around 35 miles south of the center of Paris.

Napoleon acted as First Consul of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804 before stating himself Emperor of the French.

He ruled the French Empire from 1804 up until 1814 and after that once again briefly in 1815. He was eventually eliminated to the island of St. Helena, where he passed away.