This historic piece, raised by Bonaparte during his coup of the 18 brummy year VIII, was acquired by a buyer who preferred to remain anonymous, during a sale in the United States.
The craze for object auctions related to Napoleon Bonaparte does not deny. A lot composed of a sword carried by the future Emperor of the French during his coup of 1799 and five ornamental firearms having belonged to him has been awarded more than $ 2.8 million (2.5 million euros), during an auction in the United States, Friday, December 3rd.
The set had been estimated between 1.5 million and $ 3.5 million. Precisely $ 2.87 million, “the buyer of Napoleon’s equipment reports at home a very rare historical room”, welcomed Kevin Hogan, the President of the Rock Island Auction Auction Company, Sise In Illinois. He said the France-Press agency (AFP) that the buyer had preferred to remain anonymous.
A centerpiece of the collection
The sword, accompanied by its sleeve, centerpiece of the auctioning collection, comes out of the workshops verses of the gunsmith Nicolas-Noël Boutet and was “raised by Napoleon Bonaparte during the coup d’etat du 18 Brumaire An VIII “(November 9, 1799), according to Rock Island Auction Company, which is called” Number One World Auction for Firearms, White Weapons and Military Military Materials “.