Napoleon Bonaparte was a ruler known to the whole world, some known him as an unbeatable ruler and some know him as a great ruler but the historical figure is making headlines as one of his hats has fetched a whopping $2.1 million at an auction.

French Emperor Napoleon's signature hat auctioned for $2.1 million | World News | WION

France's late emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s hat was sold for a record price of 1.932 million euros ($2.1 million) at an auction in Paris on Sunday. The auction of the hat, which is known as a bicorne, beat the previous record for a Napoleonic hat that was held by the same auction house in 2014.

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s hat auctioned for record $2 million

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Three love letters from Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife Josephine, written between 1796 and 1804, were sold for a total of $575,000 on Thursday, the Drouot auction house said.

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