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Art Price Index: Napoleon I Forever

Result EUR1,500,000
Published on , by Etienne Rey

Both adulated and hated, nearly two centuries after going the way of all flesh the Emperor continues to be talked about and to drive the market wild.

€1,500,000The Emperor's "French" bicorn hat in felt, known as a "black beaver", decorated... Art Price Index: Napoleon I Forever

€1,500,000
The Emperor's "French" bicorn hat in felt, known as a "black beaver", decorated with a cockade (remade
subsequently) and black silk braid, second half of the 19th century, l. 49, h. 15 cm.
Fontainebleau, 16 November 2014, Osenat and Binoche et Giquello auction houses.

  €650,000 Martin Guillaume Biennais, 1804, gold laurel leaf from the crown worn by the Emperor during his coronation, with undulating edges and fine chased veins, 9.2 x 2.5 cm. Fontainebleau, 19 November 2017, Osenat auction house. €306,250 Sèvres Imperial Manufactury,…
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