{"id":468880,"date":"2025-05-24T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/a-napoleon-saber-auctioned-for-almost-4-7-million-euros-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:58:18","slug":"a-napoleon-saber-auctioned-for-almost-4-7-million-euros-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/a-napoleon-saber-auctioned-for-almost-4-7-million-euros-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"A Napoleon saber auctioned for almost 4.7 million euros in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paris.-<\/strong> A saber used by <strong>Napoleon Bonaparte<\/strong> throughout his time as emperor was auctioned for almost 4.7 million euros, announced this Friday the Parisian auction house <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drouot.com\/es\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drouot.com\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drouot<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total price reached <strong>4.663 million,<\/strong> including expenses, in an auction that took place on Thursday night at Drouot, although organized by the auction house Giquello.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figure &#8220;nears the world record of 4.8 million euros established in 2007&#8221; for a Napoleonic object, Drouot indicated in a statement. That record was for a saber that Napoleon used in the Battle of Marengo (1800).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weapon<strong> was commissioned by Napoleon in 1803<\/strong>, when he was still first consul, to the specialist Nicolas No\u00ebl Boutet, director of the Manufacture de Versailles and considered the best gunsmith of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/estilo\/un-sable-que-napoleon-regalo-a-murat-podria-rondar-1-millon-de-euros-en-subasta-en-paris\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/estilo\/un-sable-que-napoleon-regalo-a-murat-podria-rondar-1-millon-de-euros-en-subasta-en-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A saber that Napoleon gave to Murat could fetch 1 million euros at auction in Paris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After several months of work<strong>, Napoleon received the saber in 1804<\/strong>, shortly after being crowned emperor, and kept it until his return from the first exile in Elba, in 1815, when he gave it to Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saber has been in the possession of the Grouchy family since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This saber brings together everything that great collectors seek: a masterpiece loaded with history and with impeccable provenance&#8221; which is situated at &#8220;the crossroads of art, history and power&#8221;, summarized Alexandre Giquello, director of the firm that put the object up for sale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris.- A saber used by Napoleon Bonaparte throughout his time as emperor was auctioned for almost 4.7 million euros, announced this Friday the Parisian auction house Drouot. The total price reached 4.663 million, including expenses, in an auction that took place on Thursday night at Drouot, although organized by the auction house Giquello. 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