A single leaf from French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's crown will be auctioned near Paris on Sunday. The golden laurel leaf weighs only 10 grams, less than a $500 value in gold, but is expected ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A golden laurel leaf cut from the crown of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte will be auctioned near Paris on Sunday. The small 10-gram decoration - worth less than $500 if melted ...

The leaf was one of six cut from the crown ahead of the 1804 coronation, because the monarch considered it too heavy. Paris: A gold laurel leaf removed from the crown Napoleon Bonaparte wore to ...

A golden laurel leaf from Napoleon's crown is to go under the hammer next month, an auction house said Wednesday. The French leader crowned himself emperor at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in 1804 ...

A gold laurel leaf removed from the crown Napoleon Bonaparte wore to his coronation sold for €625,000 ($735,000) - five times the estimated sale price - at an auction in Paris on Sunday.

A golden laurel leaf from Napoleon's crown is to go under the hammer next month, an auction house said Wednesday. The French leader crowned himself emperor at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in ...