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€18k Bona-parting
A lock of Napoleon’s hair has been sold at auction for €18,650 in Fontainebleau.

Rather than a lock cut after the emperor died, which has less value, this one was given by Napoleon’s valet Constant to a famous hairdresser of the day.
It was accompanied by a certificate in which Constant says this is exceptional as he usually refuses such requests
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