Sold! English Letter from Napoleon Goes for $400,000 at Auction
One of only 3 existing English-language letters by the French emperor-general sold for five times its estimated price.
Erica Ho
Erica Ho was previously a reporter for TIME in Hong Kong where she wrote about tech, pop culture and Asian international affairs. Before that, she was at Gizmodo, Lifehacker and AOL. She now currently runs Map Happy, a travel blog.
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