Marie Antoinette's travel bag fetches nearly £40,000 at Paris auction
by Agence France-Presse in Versailles from on (#53WSG)
Embroidered serviette used during coronation also went for several times its estimate
A travel bag belonging to Marie Antoinette has sold for more than five times its estimate in an auction of royal memorabilia near her one-time home in Versailles.
A large embroidered serviette used during the coronation of the Austrian-born monarch - who was executed during the French Revolution - also went for several times its estimate.
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