Overview

• Sotheby's Paris will auction more than 100 Napoleonic artifacts assembled by collector Pierre-Jean Chalençon over four decades.
• Featured lots include Napoleon’s bicorne hat, folding campaign bed, religious marriage certificate with Joséphine and a codicil from his final will.
• The collection has toured Sotheby’s Hong Kong and New York, drawing significant attention from global collectors.
• Chalençon’s mounting debt, including a reported €10 million loan, has partly driven his decision to sell the trove.
• A blockbuster Hollywood biopic has reignited interest in Napoleon, fueling estimates that the sale could reach more than €7 million.