Napoleon letter denying role in pope’s arrest up for auction

Napoleon letter sold at auction for $30,000

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for 26,360 euros ($30,000), the auctioneer said. The letter, signed "Napole", went on sale the day after the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday. The sale price was way above the estimate of 12,000-15,000 euros, according to the Osenat auction house. The auction's location in Fontainebleau, south of …

A letter from Napoleon pretending to disapprove of the arrest of Pope Pius VII, which he had ordered, was sold 26,360 euros at auction in Fontainebleau Sunday, announced the selling house Osenat, which organized it. ...

Napoleon letter denying he ordered pope kidnapping sold

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for €26,360, the auctioneer said.

Napoleon letter denying he ordered pope kidnapping sold at auction

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for €26,360 ($30,000), the auctioneer said. The letter, signed “Napole”, went on sale the day after the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday. The sale price exceeded the estimate of €12,000-€15,000, according to the Osenat auction house. The auction’s location in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, was hig…

A letter signed by Napoleon, in which he disguised his "disapproval" of the arrest of Pope Pius VII, even though he had ordered it, was sold at auction on Sunday for 26,360 euros, the Osenat auction house announced.

According to the house of Osenat which announced the sale on Sunday, the missive ratified and signed "Napole", dated 23 July 1809, was estimated between 12,000 and 15,000 euros.