Napoleonic collection auction

[Luis R.]

Next 4th March an extraordinary collection of all kinds of Napoleonic artifacts will be auctioned in Paris. The auction catalogue, which can be seen here is by itself excellent reference material.

 

[Brent Fordham]

There are some fabulous photos in that catalogue! Thank you for posting. Now where did I put that spare $1,000,000?

 

[megroot]

That are some excellent pieces.
I wish that ISAVE wasn't fall down. Then i have some millions left.

Marc

 

[garyjd]

Great stuff. That's some BIG $$$ there. ~Gary

 

[Brent Fordham]

I'm curious - how much do you think one of those shakos would go for?

 

[Brent Fordham]

Nevermind - I see they have some starting prices in the catalogue. You can pick up a shako starting at about 5000 euro. Top end looks to be around 30,000 Euro. Yikes.

 

[Sambaman]

Holy CRAP! That PDF is some of the best reference material you could ever hope for. I saved a copy to my painitng references file!!!!!!! Oh, and some hefty prices as well........Thanks for sharing.

Jay H.
OKc

 

[Chrisr]

I saved a copy to my painitng references file!!!!!!!

Me too. Someone was asking about French Blue - there are several blue jackets that give the answer perfectly and backs up the advice given.

Cheers
Chris

 

[Luis R.]

I see they have some starting prices in the catalogue

I think the prices in the catalogue are expected top bids, to which auction house fee and sales tax has to be added. Not that expensive now, eh?

Someone was asking about French Blue - there are several blue jackets that give the answer perfectly and backs up the advice given

While that is true for blue uniforms, some care must be taken when using pics of real items for reference. Take a look at item #55 in page 18 of the catalogue, a Dragoon bonnet the police, or the Gardes d'Honneur dolman in the next page. Both look dark blue but they should be dark green. The yellow part in the green dye used at the time faded faster than the blue one, so some 200 years later has almost completely disappeared.