Napoleon's hat fetches 1.9 million euros at auction in Paris
One of the unique hats that Napoleon Bonaparte was believed to have worn when he ruled 19th century France was bought by an anonymous buyer.
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00:00 One of the unique hats that Napoleon Bonaparte was believed to have worn when he ruled 19th century France
00:06 has been sold at auction in Paris for 1.9 million euros to an anonymous buyer.
00:11 Whilst the black beaver hat was the star of a sale of Napoleonic memorabilia,
00:15 it was only expected to fetch between 600,000 and 800,000 euros.
00:20 In his lifetime, Napoleon wore over a hundred of the uniquely shaped bicorn hats.
00:25 A patch industrialist spent more than 50 years assembling the collection before he died last year.
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