A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor has sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction. The black beaver felt hat went for 1.932 million euros ($2.1 ...

"It's the image that he gave himself. First, he constructed the image himself, since Napoleon was a man of communication, and so he bought a hat, he always bought the same, he had 120 like this. He ...

A hat once belonging to Napoleon is expected to fetch over $850,000 at auction. Whether in paintings, statues, or even film depictions, the former French emperor is often seen in a black bicorne hat.

The 1830s were fraught times for hatters everywhere. Fashionable men clung to the beaver hat for centuries, but in the early 1800s that fashion was threatened by over-hunting the chubby rodents.

An curved arrow pointing right. Flint and Port Hat Company is a one-craftsman custom-hat shop in Bainbridge, Georgia. The hats are made by hand by owner and milliner Eldrick Jacobs and take up to four ...

Napoleon hat fetches record $2.1 million at Paris auction Ahead of the auction, Osenat told Reuters the black beaver felt hat in the traditional bicorne shape was a trademark for Napoleon, who had ...