In Paris on Wednesday, Sotheby’s received 8.7 million euros ($9.6 million) from what it calls “one of the most important Napoleon material products ever made.”
Sales 112 batches, through its estimated 6 million euros ($6.9 million) voyage, spanning the Imperial furniture, old master paintings and “deep personal artifacts that reflect the inner world” [Napoleon Bonaparte]Sotheby’s said in a statement. They came from private French antique collector Pierre-Jean Chalençon, who was reportedly forced to convert him into a Paris mansion in Napoleon to pay a loan of 10 million euros ($11.6 million).
The sale rate was 92%, nearly 50% of the land, such as Napoleon’s worn stockings and a copy of the French emperor’s marriage certificate, whose first wife, Joséphine, sold them overvalued. Sotheby’s said there are several plots of agency bidding and buying, including from Napolinien de Dist. Malmason (Muséeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Sotheby’s said.
“Echoing Napoleon’s words – “What is my life new! ” – This series reads like a vivid historical epic, unfolding in battlefields and boudoirs, ritual halls and intimate rooms, alternating chronicles of power, politics and feasts, with vulnerable people, fragility, battles and contradictions in my mind, and under my vulnerability, in my home, said one of my homes.
The most important thing is the paintings of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, a French painter known for his battle scenes, which sells for 20 times, with an estimated €863,600 ($1 million) (all quotes include the buyer’s fees). The only surviving remnants of Napoleon’s first wills, written in 1819 in Saint Helena (exiled in 1815) for 482,600 euros ($558,730), while the Imperial Gilded Wooden Imperial Throne Armchair costs 406,400 euros ($470,510).
“[Mauzaisse’s] Napoleon’s image of command, after Jacques-Louis David, clearly captured the collector’s imagination,” said Luis Xavier Joseph, Sotheby’s head of Paris furniture and decorative arts. Artnews. “Surveyed by four determined bidders, it has an estimated volume of about 20 times and has created a new auction record for the artist, which is a clear sign of Napoleon’s lasting charm and the power of the images that define his legend.”
The iconic general’s stockings are part of the Lot, which includes a long shirt, a pair of underwear and a white silk tie (all worn). They bought it for €133,350 ($154,386). “This extraordinary costume ensemble worn by Napoleon has an inherent connection with the man behind the legend,” Joseph said. “The fierce competition, both in the room and in the phone, not only reflects its impeccable source (from the workshop of his personal tailor), but also the emotional resonance of owning what he actually wore. The extraordinary result bears the collector’s appetite for Napoleon’s personal narrative far beyond the objects portrayed by history.”
Wednesday is not the first time Sotheby’s auction of Napoleon’s property. Two centuries ago, in 1823, his library from St. Helena was sold by a house in London. When Napoleon was exiled there, he brought 112 rolls (symmetry with 112 lots sold) along with a pastry chef and his servants to the volcanic rocks between Africa and South America.
“About 200 years ago, Sotheby’s was honored to auction Napoleon’s personal library, a remarkable success, and tonight we unveiled one of his most important collections of his most important property of all time, a little bit of a powerful reminder of how Napolion continues to charm the world with his legacy and mythology,” the house said in a statement. “Pierre-Jean Chalenç’s extraordinary collection has attracted global attention, surpassing estimates and setting a new benchmark for this category.”
The highest price of one Napoleon property was 4.66 million euros ($5.4 million) when Drut Auction in Paris sold his personal saber last month. Chalençon, who era Described as “the most famous French antique collector” New York Post Before selling on Wednesday, he believed Tesla billionaire Elon Musk was the ideal potential buyer of his collection. “[The lots] He said, like my baby. I hope Elon Musk of New Napoleon buys everything to keep my babies together. “I don’t know if Musk bids on any of his works.
In 2015, Chalençon, who claimed to be the “Napoleonic Press Officer”, bought Palais Vivienne for 6 million euros ($6.9 million) and decorated it with his collection of Napoleonic Memorabili, which is said to be 900 powerful ones. It includes the politician’s 5.33 carat ruby crowning ring.
In March, era He is working to repay a €10 million loan that raised funds from the Swiss lifesaving department Banque Privée to fund his purchases, wrote. But, Chalençon told Le Parisien“I have no debts. I’m doing a good job.”
After Wednesday, he did better.
