Engagement ring given by Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife the next surprise buyers at an auction on Sunday (March 24), exceeding the initial evaluation and reaching be sold for about 900 thousand euro.
Sale organizers said today that the amount was a world record for a historical ring, and Osen auction firm had originally estimated it with a much more modest EUR 10 to 15mijë.
Experts said the modest dimensions of the diamond and sapphire rings, giving Josephine de Boarne around the time of their engagement in 1796, reflecting relatively modest beginnings of the man who would become emperor.
The couple had a passionate relationship coupled with a lot of love letters written by Napoleon when he was campaigning in the early days.
Ring - which was sold for 896 thousand 400 euro - was part of a collection of historical objects in Fotenblo. Also on sale was a rare portrait of Napoleon's son - his second wife Marie Louise - jetëshkurtëri Napoleon II.
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