Napoleon's bicentenary: Stocking, bloodied cloth among items up for auction
The former French emperor died on May 5, 1821, aged 51, on the southern Atlantic Ocean island of Saint Helena.
A bronze bust named "The First Consul Bonaparte" according to Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809) is displayed at Osenat auction house, before being put on auction for the bicentenary of Napoleon's death, in Fontainebleau, near Paris, France, April 30, 2021(photo credit: REUTERS/SARAH MEYSSONNIER)Updated: 
