A Napoleon I bicorne hat up for auction in Paris
A Napoleon I bicorne hat and some twenty other objects from the same collection are being exhibited in Paris ahead of their sale by the Osenat auction house on 19 November. "The hat alone represents Napoleon's image throughout the world," says auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat. Valued at between 600,000 and 800,000 euros, it will have a starting price of 500,000 euros, according to the president of Osenat Auctions.
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00:00 The maréchaux had feathers and wrinkles everywhere.
00:03 He had a very simple hat, but wherever he was, everywhere,
00:07 we recognized Napoleon with this hat.
00:09 On the battlefields, from far away, you could see, he was there.
00:13 [indistinct chatter]
00:32 This hat represents the Napoleonic epic.
00:35 It represents the image of Napoleon in the whole world.
00:38 You can display a hat anywhere in the world,
00:41 we can tell you that this is Napoleon.
00:43 [indistinct chatter]
00:56 You have his shirt, his weapons, you have a lot of things.
01:00 There are 150 lots that are selected in an extraordinary collection.
01:04 There will never be a sale like this in the world,
01:07 because these are objects that are absolutely selected.
01:12 We can't do better.
01:14 [indistinct chatter]
01:18 [wind blowing]