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Napoleon's sword fetches $6.8M
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by ricknight | June 11, 2007 at 06:44 am
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An ornate, gold-encrusted sword that Napoleon used in battle 200 years ago has sold for more than $6.8 million, Parisian auction house Osenat said Sunday.An anonymous female buyer purchased the sword for her husband, according to auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat, who dubbed it a "very nice Father's Day gift."
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