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Napoleon's Bicorne Hat

Maker
Napoleon Bonaparte
Year
early 1800s
Rank
43 of 100

Napoleon's Bicorne Hat

Napoleon's Bicorne Hat by Napoleon Bonaparte (early 1800s) is ranked 43 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $2,100,000 on 19 November 2023. Napoleon's signature silhouette, in object form.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Napoleon's signature silhouette, in object form.

Black felt bicorne hat worn by Napoleon; Noisiez collection

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$2,100,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
19 November 2023

Osenat, Fontainebleau. ~$2.1M.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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