Napoleon's boots sold at Paris auction for $128,000
A pair of boots worn by Napoleon during his final exile on St. Helena sold in Paris on Friday for $128,000 - more than twice the initial estimate, The Local reported.
The size 40 boots were saved for posterity by General Henri Gatien Bertrand, who had followed the French leader into exile on the far-flung South Atlantic island after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, auctioneers said.
The general later gave the shoes to a sculptor working on an equestrian statue of Bonaparte.
The source added that Napoleon had a large collection of footwear, which he bought from the Paris shoemakers Jacques in Montmartre.