2024-07-10 08:29:26
He French Ministry of Culture issued an order today prohibiting the export of a pair of pistols that belonged to Napoleon I and with which he tried to commit suicide, whose auction is scheduled for tomorrow.
Both pistols are “intended to unite in the national collections to the so-called emperors’ sabre, which was offered at the same time by the Emperor “General Caulaincourt was recently overthrown,” the Ministry stated in its order.
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“This set of assets presents a great interest for the National Heritage from a historical and artistic point of view, and should be considered a national treasure,” the Advisory Commission on National Treasures in the official bulletin, which supports denying the export certificate.
This decision comes a day before the Osenat and Rossini auction houses Put up for sale these two pistols, which belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte until his first abdication.
The weapons will be auctioned in their wooden cases (walnut, ebony, green velvet embroidered in gold, etc.) and with their accessories.
“These two percussion pistols, inlaid with gold and silver, depicting the profile of the emperor, are estimated to fetch between 1.2 and 1.5 million euros“, in between 1.3 and 1.6 million dollarssaid expert Jean-Pierre Osenat.
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After being defeated during the campaign of France and during his first abdication, Bonaparte attempted suicide on the night of April 12-13, 1814 with the guns, but the general and marked by Caulaincourt He had taken their gunpowder, Osenat explained.
“The Emperor gave the two pistols and a sword to Caulaincourt in memory of his loyalty in those dark days. Since then they remained in the hands of his family, who decided to part with them,” added the expert.
“Whatever your value or antiquitya cultural asset classified as a national treasure can only leave France temporarily, with mandatory return,” states the website of the culture Ministry.
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When a request is denied export certificatea period of 30 months during which the French authorities can make a purchase offer to the owner of the work, who has the right to refuse it. If the French government waiver of the purchase, the work can leave the country.
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