Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Copy of Napoleon's will sold for $483,000

A visitor looks at Napoleon's will displayed at an auction house in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. On Wednesday, the only known copy of this testament is being sold by Paris' Drouot Auction house. The original is in France's national archives. The copy, written by a close adviser, is expected to fetch 120,000 euros ($162,000). The 51-year-old Napoleon died in 1821 in exile on Saint Helena island, 19 days after penning the will. (AP Photo/Benjamin Girette). PARIS (AP) — The only known copy of the will of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has sold at auction for 357,000 euros $483,000 — more than twice the expected price.








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