A two-cornered hat which once belonged to the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has sold at auction in France for roughly $2.4 million.
The black felt hat, known as a bicorne for its two points, is said to have been worn by Napoleon during the Battle of Marengo in 1800, according to the BBC.
The hat was a trademark fashion favorite of Napoloen, who developed his own signature way of wearing it.
"Everybody at the time wore that kind of hat one way, but Napoleon wore it the other way so that everybody would recognise his silhouette on the battlefield," an official with the Osenat auction house told Reuters.
Multiple bidders threw their hats into the ring, but at the drop of a hat a South Korean collector was able to pull a rabbit out of his hat and secure the cap. You have to take your hat off to the winning bidder.
The bicorne sold for nearly five times its reserve price. Hopefully the winning bidder won’t have to go hat in hand to the bank should he not have enough money.
The sale of the hat capped off a three-day sale of a trove of Napoleon memorabilia from the collections of the Prince of Monaco. The sale will help fund palace restorations, according to the BBC.
Hats all folks. You go on ahead. This old hat is done.