Personal effects and clothing belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris, with the owner Pierre-Jean Chalençon hoping Elon Musk will purchase the collection. This auction features over 2,000 items, including Bonaparte's bicorne hat and the herald sword from his coronation ceremony. Chalençon, passionate about his collection, metaphorically referred to the items as his 'children,' expressing a desire to keep the collection intact under Musk's ownership. The auction raises questions about its potential appeal amid Musk's other high-profile engagements.
"They are like my children. And I wish Elon Musk, the new Napoleon, [will] buy everything, to keep my children all together."
"An eye-popping portrait showing Emperor Napoleon I in the robes he wore for the coronation, from the studio of François-Pascal-Simon Baron Gérard, should also excite Bonapartists."
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