"Napoleon Hat ... 300.000 Euros." Topic

A bargain! (smile)

From here
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Good luck boys!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

I'll take 2… :)

The one that he wore for a week in 1796, before he beat the Sardinians, would be more my budget.

But will it fit me? -Imate#46664 Arkham Asylum Massachusetts 1555-
M.Bonaparte

The ULTIMATE accessory for someone attending a convention or playing a game with the local gaming group.

"Are you trying to act like Napoleon?"

"What gives you that idea? Just because I'm actually wearing one of the hats that Napoleon himself wore?"

In all seriousness, I would have to regard this as the ULTIMATE heirloom from the Napoleonic period. Just the image of that hat is iconic and conjures up the image of Napoleon standing triumphantly deep in thought with this iconic hat on and his gray overcoat.

Every bit as evocative as Davy Crockett's coonskin cap at the Alamo…

Frank

Napoleon's hat is so iconic one artist used it to portray his whole career:

Went for quite a bit more than 300,000 euros…

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Paris (AFP) – One of Napoleon's famous two-pointed hats was sold on Sunday to a South Korean collector for nearly 1.9 million euros ($2.2 million) at an auction outside Paris.

The black felted beaver fur "bicorne" hat is one of only 19 examples left of the unusual headwear sported by the French emperor, one of the country's best known historical figures.

It sold for 1,884,000 euros, almost five times its estimated value, at a two-day auction of Napoleon memorabilia by Monaco's royal family which raked in a total of 10 million euros, including fees, said French auctioneers Osenat, Binoche and Giquello.

The hat was bought by Lee Tae Kyun, the manager of Korean food industry giant Harim.

An interesting tale and a costly acquisition.
(Article from the Antique Trades Gazette if I recall correctly.)

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I shall enjoy this greatly!

JJ

Thanks for share my friend.

Amicalement
Armand