Napoleon's sword from 1802 to be sold at auction in Paris
Napoleon ordered the sabre in 1802 and kept it throughout his reign.
The Giquello auction firm said on Friday it expected the sword to reach $800,000 to $1.1 million when it goes under the hammer in Paris on May 22.
Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, whom the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire.
The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of Napoleon's last defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte tries to lead the final assault by his Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo during the Napoleonic War of the Seventh Coalition on 18th June 1815 at Waterloo, Belgium.
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A second copy, identical to this one and also commissioned by Napoleon, is kept at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Napoleon memorabilia regularly comes up for sale at auction in France in a flourishing trade marked by intense interest from collectors.
Two pistols that he once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France last July for 1.7 million euros, while one of his trademark "bicorne" hats set a record price for his possessions when it was acquired for a history-making $2.1 million in November 2023. 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 collections.
The only known copy of his will sold at auction in 2013 for $483,000 - more than twice the expected price. The will, dated April 16, 1821, detailed insights into Napoleon's final moments before his death 19 days later at 51 years old. Napoleon wrote he wanted his ashes spread over Paris' Seine River, instead, they were transferred to Paris' Invalides monument nearly two decades later.
A lock of hair from the former French emperor sold for $13,000 in 2010 at an auction in New Zealand.
A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend outside Paris and is expected to reach 12,000 to 15,000 euros.
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