Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

The collection, amassed over 40 years, comes from the trove of avid Napoleon collector and socialite Pierre-Jean Chalençon ...

What a novel my life!' – this collection reads like a vivid historical epic, unfolding across battlefields and boudoirs," the ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 ...

In recent years, several of Napoleon's possessions have fetched high prices at auctions. In July of the previous year, two ...

Napoleon memorabilia regularly comes up for sale at auction in France in a flourishing trade ... Napoleon wrote he wanted his ashes spread over Paris' Seine River, instead, they were transferred ...

A Napoleon hat is the ultimate symbol of the French emperor. A major sale in Paris next month includes a great example at ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, whose family kept it for generations ...

From nationwide roadblocks caused by protesting taxi drivers to the intricacies of the Napoleonic code, via the guillotine ...