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Hat worn by Napoleon fetches record €1.9m at Paris auction
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/19/napoleon-hat-fetches-record-price-paris-auction
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A two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his reign as French emperor has fetched a record €1.932m (£1.69m) at an auction in Paris.
The price reached surpassed the €1.884m paid for another of Napoleon’s hats in 2014, also sold by the Drouot auction house, a spokesperson for the company said.
The sale price is thought to have been inflated by the hype surrounding the release this month of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Napoleon wore his hats sideways to ensure he was distinguishable on the battlefield – and thus created one of the most recognisable brands in history, which has endured since his death more than 200 years ago.
Pierre Osenat, of the the Drouot auction house, said the hat was distinguishable by a “cockade” – a cluster of ribbons of distinctive colours that Napoleon reportedly added himself in 1815 when he was travelling across the Mediterranean to Antibes from his exile in Elba, leading to a temporary return to power before his eventual defeat at Waterloo.
The bicorne hat’s excellent provenance was due to it remaining in the possession of the same family throughout the 19th century, the descendants of the quartermaster Jean-Louis Noisiez who had worked at Napoleon’s palace, Osenat said.
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