One of Napoleon’s hats could fetch €600,000 at auction
by Mark Brown Arts correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5M79Q)
Felt bicorne is part of sale at Sotheby's in Paris to mark bicentenary of Napoleon's death
One of Napoleon's distinctive black felt bicorne hats, perhaps worn during his army's crushing defeat of Russia in 1807, is to appear at auction.
Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday announced it would commemorate the bicentenary of Napoleon's death with a sale dedicated to a man who still splits opinion. Should he be celebrated as a brilliant military strategist, or damned as a ruthless warmongering dictator?
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