One of the unique hats that Napoleon Bonaparte was believed to have worn when he ruled 19th century France was bought by an anonymous buyer.
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00:00 One of the unique hats that Napoleon Bonaparte was believed to have worn when he ruled 19th century France
00:06 has been sold at auction in Paris for 1.9 million euros to an anonymous buyer.
00:11 Whilst the black beaver hat was the star of a sale of Napoleonic memorabilia,
00:15 it was only expected to fetch between 600,000 and 800,000 euros.
00:20 In his lifetime, Napoleon wore over a hundred of the uniquely shaped bicorn hats.
00:25 A patch industrialist spent more than 50 years assembling the collection before he died last year.
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