Account of ‘once great man Napoleon’ makes over 10 times estimate at Spink
Among the most eagerly contested lots in the Historical Documents, Autographs and Ephemera sale at Spink (22.5% buyer’s premium) in London was one including two letters written by a sailor while aboard HMS Northumberland when she carried Napoleon Bonaparte into exile in 1815.
Estimated to bring up to £1200 at the sale on September 23 , it hammered at £14,000.
Writing to his…