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Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.
In recent years, several of Napoleon's possessions have fetched high prices at auctions. In July of the previous year, two ...
Some 100 Napoleon artifacts from the Chalençon collection are headed to the auction block at Sotheby's Paris in June.
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Expected to sell for nearly £700,000, the hat is one of around 100 objects being sold in Paris via leading auction house ...
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The Buchan School has celebrated its 150th anniversary with more than 160 former pupils attending a special event. The school ...
A Napoleon hat is the ultimate symbol of the French emperor. A major sale in Paris next month includes a great example at ...
In early 19th-century London, the arrival of temple artworks taken from the Acropolis of Athens inspired both poetic raptures ...