Napoleon's Gosset Flintlock Pistols
- Maker
- Napoleon Bonaparte / gunsmith Louis-Marin Gosset
- Year
- c.1814
- Rank
- 47 of 100
Napoleon's Gosset Flintlock Pistols
Napoleon's Gosset Flintlock Pistols by Napoleon Bonaparte / gunsmith Louis-Marin Gosset (c.1814) is ranked 47 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $1,830,000 on 7 July 2024. Personal weapons tied to the most dramatic moment of Napoleon's abdication.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Personal weapons tied to the most dramatic moment of Napoleon's abdication.
Pair of gold-inlaid flintlock pistols Napoleon intended to use in his 1814 suicide attempt; a French National Treasure
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,830,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 7 July 2024
Osenat, Fontainebleau. ~$1.83M.
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.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08