Napoleon’s engagement ring to Josephine fetches $20,000

By Cecilia Jamasmie

On Sunday the Osenat auction house of Fontainebleau, France, will be auctioning the stunning gold, diamond and sapphire engagement ring Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte gave to Josephine in 1796.

The historic piece, from the personal collection of the country’s last Emperor Napoleon III, is a two tear-shaped gems —a blue sapphire and diamond— that …read more