Copy of Napoleon's will sold for $483G
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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.
The French buyer said Wednesday he wanted to remain anonymous and planned to keep the will in a private collection. Druout auction house said the price included taxes and fees.
The will -- dated April 16, 1821 -- offered exceptional insights into Napoleon's final moments before his death 19 days later. The ailing 51-year-old wrote he wanted his ashes spread over Paris' Seine River. They were instead transferred to Paris' Invalides monument nearly two decades later.
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The original, penned in Napoleon's own illegible hand, is in France's national archives. The copy was written by an adviser and was estimated at 120,000 euros.