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☆ Napoleon’s hat sells for record $2.1 million
  + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —One of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous black hats sold for more than $2 million at an auction in France on Sunday. The €1.932 million ($2.1 million) sale set a record for Napoleon’s trademark two-cornered military dress hats. The hat was part of a collection belonging to French industrialist Jean Louis Noisiez that went on sale on Sunday. According to its online listing, the hat - which sold for more than double its original estimate - was made by a furrier at the emperor’s palace. In 2018, another version of the hat sold for more than $400,000 at an auction in Lyon, France.
Persons: Napoleon Bonaparte’s, Jean Louis Noisiez, Napoleon, Jean, Pierre Osenat, ”, Helena, Ridley, Joaquin Phoenix Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Reuters Locations: France, Fontainebleau, French, Elba, “, Lyon, British, Waterloo, St
☆ Napoleon hat fetches record $2.1 million at Paris auction
  + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
PARIS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A bicorne hat believed to have belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte sold for a record 1,932,000 euros ($2.11 million) at the Drouot auction house in Paris on Sunday. The price beat the 1,884,000 euros paid for another Napoleon hat at Drouot in 2014, a official at the auction house said. "One million four hundred fifty thousand (euros) to my left, 1.5 million, we have 1.5 million in the room, 1.5 million for Napoleon's hat. We're leaving it at 1.5 million for this major Napoleon symbol, I'm selling for 1.5 million (before fees), no regrets, sold," auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat said as he brought down the hammer to applause. Ahead of the auction, Osenat told Reuters the black beaver felt hat in the traditional bicorne shape was a trademark for Napoleon, who had owned about 120 such hats throughout his life.
Persons: Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon, Jean, Pierre Osenat, Osenat, Ardee Napolitano, Geert De Clercq, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Reuters, Bonhams, Thomson Locations: Paris, London
☆ A Hat Worn by Napoleon Fetches $1.6 Million at an Auction of the French Emperor's Belongings
  + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Associated Press | Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
PARIS (AP) — A faded and cracked felt hat worn by Napoléon Bonaparte fetched $1.6 million at an auction Sunday of the French emperor’s belongingsYes, $1.6 million. It was the centerpiece of Sunday's auction in Fontainebleau of memorabilia collected by a French industrialist who died last year. But the bidding quickly jumped higher and higher until Jean Pierre Osenat, president of the Osenat auction house, designated the winner. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesWhile other officers customarily wore their hats with the wings facing front to back, Napoléon wore his with the ends pointing toward his shoulders. The entrepreneur spent more than a half-century assembling his collection of Napoleonic memorabilia, firearms, swords and coins before his death in 2022.
Persons: Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoléon, Europe —, Jean Pierre Osenat, ‘, ”, —, Pierre Baillon, Jean, Louis Noisiez Organizations: PARIS Locations: France, Europe, Fontainebleau, French, bataille
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