Among the top lots was a painting of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, which sold for 20 times its estimate at $1 million.

Artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for €8.7 million in Paris ...

Relics linked to Napoleon regularly come up for sale at auction in France in a flourishing trade marked by intense interest ...

Famous paintings of the 19th-century French emperor, gilded imperial furniture and a copy of the marriage certificate between Napoleon and his wife Josephine were among the items up for auction.

Napoleon’s throne from Stupinigi Palace in Turin, Italy, is the most expensive piece of furniture in the collection, estimated to sell for €400,000 (US$455,254).