Vacations devoted to the Napoleonic myth follow one another at a sustained pace and yet, the abundance of objects does not establish the thirst of collectors. On March 7 in Drouot, under the hammer of Maître Giquello, a gold saber with the emperor’s figure commanded by the court of Austria, in 1810, on the occasion of Napoleon’s marriage to the archduchess Marie-Louise was disputed up to 850,070 euros. That same day, a pair of flint pistols commanded for the emperor obtained 461,560 euros. On March 1, in Saint-Ouen, the Oxio auction house presented an ice bucket in porcelain from Sèvres from the “districts” service. He quadruped his estimate to climb to 211,232 euros.
A few months earlier, on July 7, 2024, Enosnat-ossini had broken all records by offering a boxes a box of two Napoleon I pistols that the latter had given to his great squire after his suicide attempt on the night of April 12 to 13, 1814. Classified national treasure, this piece of history achieved 1,690,000 euros. These extraordinary results are not reserved only for exceptional parts. The slightest object, even ordinary, finds just as easily lessee.
On December 1, Osenat sold a teaspoon of the Emperor for … 7,150 euros. These prices are constantly increasing. The memories of the imperial epic therefore remain an excellent deal because the added value to resale is almost guaranteed.