Napoleon's hat sells for record sum at French auction

The final price for the hat, including all charges, was more than double the estimate of 600,000 to 800,000 euros, and nearly four times the reserve price, the auction house based in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, said.

A black bicorne hat with red, white and blue cockade worn by the French Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), from the Collection Jean Louis Noisiez, is displayed before an auction sale / AFP