Napoleon's sword sold for $6.4 million
(AP) Updated: 2007-06-11 14:15

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| French auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat, rear,
directs the auction of a gold-encrusted sword Napoleon wore into battle in
Italy, the last of Napoleon's swords in private hands, displayed by an
auction house employee in foreground, during its auction at the
Fontainebleau auction house, southeast of Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2007.
The sword was sold on Sunday for more than euro4.8 million (US$6.4
million), the auction house said. The buyer was not immediately
identified. [AP] |
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