Napoleon Bonaparte's Bicorne Hat

Napoleon’s Bicorne Hat Could Fetch $1 Million

Sotheby’s is selling what it’s calling “one of the most significant offerings of Napoleonic material ever to come to market” on 25 June in Paris.

Napoleon Bonaparte's Bicorne Hat

Aside from his small stature, perhaps the most famous thing about Napoleon Bonaparte was his signature bicorne hat, worn shoulder-to-shoulder — or en bataille —...

One of the emperor's most famous hats will be auctioned at Sotheby's, along with a hundred more rare relics of the Bonaparte era.

Napoleon's iconic hat to be sold at auction in ParisSotheby's will auction personal items of Napoleon Bonaparte from his private collection. The lots include a bicorn, a heraldic sword and personal relics of the emperor.