French auction house Osenat expected the hat to go for up to $875,328, but it far surpassed that amount. Napoleon owned about 120 "bicorne" hats, but only about 16 remain, mainly in private ...

Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

The hand-written letter from Napoleon rejecting his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 sold for €26,360 at an ...

This carving, made from animal bones, is unusual. It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made by a French prisoner of war based at a camp near Peterborough at the end of the ...

while one of his trademark "bicorne" hats set a record price for his possessions when it was acquired for 1.9 million euros in November 2023. A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in ...

while one of his trademark ‘bicorne’ hats set a record price for his possessions when it was acquired for €1.9 million in November 2023. A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ...